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Articles Jan262023

UK registered trade mark and design holders must have a UK address for service

On 25 January 2023, the UK IPO issued a notice with immediate effect to say that the registrar will require a UK address for service (AFS) before any documents are considered formally served.

Articles Jan192023

When life gives you lemons: Brothers Drinks Co. Ltd v Thatchers Cider Company Limited (CLOUDY LEMON)

Partner and trade mark attorney Robert Cumming, and trainee trade mark attorney Claire Bothma, discuss if a a mark, which is descriptive for goods, also descriptive for the retail of those goods.

Articles Jan122023

Insect protein: investment is on the rise

This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.

Articles Dec082022

Innovation investment for carbon capture takes to the air

This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.

Articles Dec012022

Plastics recycling patent filings hit worldwide peak in 2020

In the 2022 edition of Appleyard Lees' Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report, our attorneys analysed patent filings across several key environmental issues facing the world, including energy, materials, and alternative proteins and food production.

Articles Nov252022

G2/21 Plausibility – The Enlarged Board of Appeal has heard the final arguments on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step

Patent attorneys Edward Rainsford and Sarah Gibbs discuss the recent verdict, delivered by the Enlarged Board of Appeal, on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step.

Articles Nov172022

Cultivated meat patent filings on an upward trajectory

In the 2022 edition of Appleyard Lees' Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report, our attorneys analysed patent filings across several key environmental issues facing the world. Our section on food production and alternative proteins showed an exponential increase in cultivated meat innovation over the past decade, as evidenced by cultivated meat patent filing data.

Articles Nov172022

Green hydrogen patent filings on upward trajectory

This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.

Articles Nov032022

Amazon found to target UK consumers by Court of Appeal

Intellectual property rights are territorial in nature, subject to the laws of individual countries, sitting within the constraints of jurisdictional boundaries. When does selling goods online, to another foreign jurisdiction, constitute trade mark infringement?

Podcast Oct132022

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 32 – understanding the UK IPO’s latest guidance on AI patent applications

In this episode, senior associate and patent attorney Paul Roscoe, and associate Matthew Bennett, give an in-depth analysis of the new UK IPO guidance, and what it means for those seeking to protect AI innovation.

Fashion trade marks and registered designs

Articles Oct112022

Centralised European patent protection and enforcement is coming

The Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will enter into force on 1 June 2023, when the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is planned to enter into force. These new systems will centralise patent protection and enforcement within many EU countries.