- Patent attorneys caution IP minister and US patents chief to note views of industry when tackling patents backlog
CIPA is urging IP minister David Lammy to check what large and small companies actually need before reaching any agreements at tomorrow’s meeting in London with David Kappos, director of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Published: 9 March 2010
- Patent attorneys hail European Patent Office presidential election as ‘end to logjam’
CIPA has hailed yesterday’s announcement that Benoît Battistelli has been chosen as new president of the European Patent Office as a ‘welcome end to a stubborn logjam’.
Published: 2 March 2010
- Fast-growing medical implants company set to double in size over next five years
It has taken 60 years to reach its present stage of development, but Stanmore Implants – a spinout from University College London - has recently moved into its own purpose-built premises in Elstree. It now expects to double its production of patented, innovative bone implants over the next five years.
Published: 24 February 2010
- Patent attorneys welcome latest sign that Chinese courts respect UK companies’ IP rights
CIPA has welcomed a Beijing court’s award of RMB 9.1m (about £800,000) in damages in favour of Isle of Man-based Strix Ltd as further confirmation that China’s courts will uphold companies’ intellectual property rights and award damages that reflect the commercial losses caused by infringement. Effective enforcement of intellectual property rights in China remains a key concern of the many UK businesses with trade connections with China, especially those such as Strix, which have or plan to set up manufacturing operations there.
Published: 19 February 2010
- Running an invention competition? Make sure your contestants don’t throw away their chance to patent their ideas.
“If you are organising an invention competition you should think carefully about the terms and conditions. You might find that people entering the competition are effectively publishing their inventions, and that taking part in the contest is jeopardizing their chances of getting a patent,” says Alasdair Poore, vice president of the CIPA.
Published: 17 February 2010
- Patent court cost reforms patently right
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys has strongly supported the proposed reforms for handling intellectual property (IP) disputes set out in Lord Justice Jackson's 'Review of Civil Litigation Costs'. The report proposes substantial changes to the costs culture in civil disputes in English Courts
Published: 15 January 2010
- Dr Mike Barlow awarded OBE for services to intellectual property
Dr Mike Barlow, a patent attorney who works in Woking, Surrey, is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year’s honours list, for his services to intellectual property.
Published: 4 January 2010
- New IP Regulator to go live on 1 January 2010
The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg), which has been set up to regulate both patent and trade mark attorneys, will become fully activated by statute on 1 January 2010, when the overall regulator for the legal professions, the Legal Services Board, is formally granted the remainder of its regulatory powers.
Published: 29 December 2009
- Patent attorneys encourage new IPO chief executive to ‘see the big picture’
John Brown, President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, has welcomed the announcement that John Alty is to be the new Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). At the same time, the CIPA President cautioned that intellectual property – especially patents - had never been more crucial to the UK economy.
Published: 18 December 2009
- Patent profession welcomes Manchester Manifesto on science but slams ‘misleading’ comments on IP
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has welcomed ‘Who owns science?’, the Manifesto published by the University of Manchester on Thursday 26 November, but has criticised the authors’ views on patents as ‘ill-informed and misleading’.
Published: 27 November 2009
- Ann Wright appointed Chief Executive of IP Regulator
Ann Wright, a solicitor from Blackheath in South East London, has been named chief executive of The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg), the recently-formed regulator for the intellectual property professions (patent and trade mark attorneys).
Published: 25 November 2009
- Nokia’s ‘multi-million’ dollar lawsuit against Apple ‘unlikely to see iPhone users cut off’, say patent attorneys
Nokia’s lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the iPhone infringes ten of the mobile phone company’s patents, could result in settlement even higher than the $612m involved in the BlackBerry case in 2006. But in contrast with that earlier case, this one is unlikely to lead to threats to cut-off the iPhone’s 30 million users.
Published: 23 October 2009
- Patent attorneys urge Lord Mandelson to resist Trevor Baylis’s plea to criminalise patent infringement
Patent attorneys are urging Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Lord Mandelson to resist an appeal from inventor Trevor Baylis to make infringement of patent rights a criminal offence. The clockwork radio inventor has been vociferously campaigning in the media and has delivered a letter to Lord Mandelson, urging the government to take action and change the law.
Published: 4 September 2009
- Business owners and entrepreneurs offered chance to learn about IP rights – patents, trade marks and designs – at IPO in Newport on 22 September
Business owners, inventors and entrepreneurs who want to prepare themselves before facing tough questions from potential investors – such as those in the BBC series Dragons’ Den – are being offered free advice on IP (Intellectual Property) rights from a team of experts.
Published: 2 September 2009
- British patent attorneys support Lord Mandelson and British Ambassador in promoting benefits of UK to Chinese industry
“English is the international language of commerce and the foreign language of choice for most Chinese business people. Coupled with the established trading, legal and cultural links between the two countries, this means that the UK is China’s best point of entry into the European market.”
Published: 2 September 2009
- Michael Pritchard secures £125,000 on Dragons’ Den for intellectual property licensing
Serial inventor Michael Pritchard has successfully secured funding on the BBC2 programme Dragons’ Den for his ANYWAY® Spray invention.
Published: 27 August 2009
- Jane Rafter’s appearance on Dragons Den nets her £75,000 and her entire stock of sandals sells out
Jane Rafter, a fashion designer from Stroud Green in North London, has sold out her entire stock of fashion sandals, slinks®, after appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den.
Published: 25 August 2009
- Court costs for UK patent disputes set to be cut from up to £1m to just £50,000
CIPA, the organisation representing the UK’s 1,500 patent attorneys, has welcomed today’s radical proposals to slash the cost of patent court cases. Under the proposals, businesses will have the chance to enforce their patent rights, trade marks and designs for a fraction of the existing costs.
Published: 31 July 2009
- Business leaders reject view that patents are hindering the quest for low-carbon energy
An audience of over 100 voted overwhelmingly against the motion that ‘patents are stifling the innovation needed to ensure abundant, low-carbon energy supplies’ in Thursday’s (23 July) debate at the Science Museum, jointly organised by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Intellectual Property Office.
Published: 28 July 2009
- Minister and MPs urged to ‘lead the world in having robust IP legislation’
Product designer Sebastian Conran threw down the gauntlet to his host David Lammy, the IP Minister, last night (25 June) when he addressed a meeting at the House of Commons about the importance of intellectual property.
Published: 28 June 2009
- Patent attorneys argue case for consistent standards among judges at proposed European court for IP litigation
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has responded to a newspaper report [Europe patent reform moves step closer, Nikki Tait in the Financial Times, 28 May 2009] that EU industry ministers have agreed formally to ask the European Court of Justice for its opinion on a potential overhaul of patent litigation in Europe.
Published: 8 June 2009
- New president of CIPA pledges support to patent attorneys facing double challenge of recession and extra costs imposed by Legal Services Act
John Brown, who was formally elected President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys at the annual general meeting on 28 May, has pledged to support his fellow practitioners in tackling the double challenge of firms’ seeing revenues decline during the recession at the same time as CIPA is having to meet extra costs imposed by the Legal Services Act.
Published: 3 June 2009
- Patent attorneys say think-tank’s call for European Community patent will not clear EPO backlog
British patent attorneys, anticipating a report about to be published in Brussels, have pointed out that piling more work on to the already-struggling European Patent Office (EPO) would not be the solution to the poor competitiveness of Europe’s intellectual property system.
Published: 21 May 2009
- EPO urged to reject calls to change rules for computer program patents
In its April 29 submission to the European Patent Office (EPO), the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys has urged the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal to reject calls to make radical changes to the rules on patenting computer programs. Changes to established practice would cause the kind of confusion that exists in the US, patent attorneys claim.
Published: 30 April 2009
- Patent attorneys reassure British pig breeders: “European biotech patent doesn’t apply to pigs’ genes”
Published: 17 April 2009
- Businesses offered free consultations on patent and trade mark rights
Published: 2 April 2009
- Innovation in Scotland is laying the foundations for economic upturn
Published: 1 April 2009
- US patent ruling ‘a potential setback for UK pharmaceutical companies’, say patent attorneys
Published: 27 March 2009
- Cut in trade mark registration fees ‘another welcome step in bringing down cost of IP rights’, says patent attorneys’ president
Published: 20 March 2009
- Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome appointment of first ombudsman for legal complaints
Published: 3 March 2009
- London doctor’s patented tube grip now approved for use in European hospitals
Published: 12 February 2009
- Patent attorneys’ President debunks myth of patents being ‘too expensive’ for small businesses
Published: 12 February 2009
- Innovation in South West is laying the foundations for economic upturn
Published: 10 February 2009
- New alternative to batteries produces electrical power by converting vibration energy
Published: 5 February 2009
- Worried about losing your mobile phone?
Published: 23 December 2008
- RIM court case’s £5m legal bill highlights risk of uncontrolled costs in patent litigation
Published: 18 December 2008
- To what extent can you patent software in the UK? The IPO’s latest practice note leaves the answer unclear.
Published: 16 December 2008
- British patent attorneys return from the Orient bearing gifts for Jeremy Paxman
Published: 1 December 2008
- Patent for steelmaking process central to small Welsh firm’s legal victory over Corus
Published: 14 November 2008
- British patent attorneys hail Republic of Korea as ‘one of most innovative nations, leading the world in its use of the international IP system’
Published: 14 November 2008
- EPO review of patentability of computer programs will quickly clarify law
Published: 28 October 2008
- Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome announcement of preferred candidate for legal complaints chair
Published: 14 October 2008
- Cautious welcome to appointment of new minister for IP
Published: 13 October 2008
- Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold earlier High Court ruling on software-related patents ends uncertainty for inventors
Published: 9 October 2008
- Diesel misfuelling prevention device earns £250,000 investment from TV’s Dragons’ Den and brings manufacturing jobs to West Midlands
Published: 2 October 2008
- BBC’s ‘sensationalising anti-patent’ headline on Canadian Innovation Partnership’s report is misleading, say patent attorneys
Published: 25 September 2008
- Scottish female inventor Tanya Ewing tells 1,500 African women that patents are priceless assets
Published: 2 September 2008
- New Portuguese Industrial Property Code
Published: 4 August 2008
- CIPA welcomes Law Lords' ruling on Taxus Stent
Published: 16 July 2008
- Young son’s loss of sight in one eye prompted Scottish engineer to invent a device that is helping save eyesight
Published: 19 June 2008
- New Chairman of the Intellectual Property Regulation Board
Published: 3 June 2008
- Apple ‘to launch solar-powered phones’? For next year’s gismos, check out this year’s patent applications
Published: 30 May 2008
- New CIPA president urges patent attorneys to ‘exercise democratic rights’
Published: 22 May 2008
- Patent attorneys welcome election of Francis Gurry as new Director General of WIPO
Published: 19 May 2008
- New chairman for the Legal Services Board
Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome appointment of David Edmonds as chairman of the new Legal Services Board
Published: 30 April 2008
- ‘Youngest inventor’ patents two-headed broom, with help from patent attorney father
Published: 17 April 2008
- Former firefighter finds secret of turning old tyres into black gold
Published: 4 April 2008
- Entrepreneurs’ passion for ideas leads them to neglect intellectual assets
Published: 26 March 2008
- Second High Court decision this year on software-related patents is ‘further pressure’ for alignment of UK and European practice
Published: 25 March 2008
- Two women patent attorneys help choose Britain’s top female inventors and innovators
Published: 12 March 2008
- UK’s top women inventors and innovators to be named in Cardiff on March 11
Published: 3 March 2008
- International figures suggest UK is regaining lost ground in innovation
Published: 29 February 2008
- Patent attorneys welcome appointment of new minister for IP
Published: 8 February 2008
- London Agreement to come into force on 1 May, cutting European patent translation costs
Published: 4 February 2008
- Budding inventors offered chance to learn about IP rights before entering Dragons’ Den
Published: 4 February 2008
- Patent Attorney’s landmark victory prompts UK-IPO policy re-think on computer-implemented inventions
Published: 31 January 2008
- Broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis urges competition organisers to make sure that inventors don’t lose out on IP rights
Published: 28 January 2008
- British-designed muscle stimulators help stroke patients to walk, across the country and around the world
Published: 28 November 2007
- World-famous inventors brief patent attorney
Published: 21 November 2007
- Former government scientist’s chance discovery has led to successful international business
Until Bob Carr’s patented technology was launched, laboratory scientists who wanted to individually view and analyse tiny nanoparticles needed a £250,000 electron microscope and the process took up to four hours. Nanosight’s equipment costs £15,000 and does as good a job in just 30 seconds.
Published: 12 November 2007
- Patent and trade mark professions welcome Royal Assent of the Legal Services Bill
Published: 30 October 2007
- Window fitter acted on patent advice to get copycat tool withdrawn
Published: 24 October 2007
- French Senate’s ‘Oui’ on London Agreement could lead to a cut in European patent translation costs of up to EUR 30,000
Published: 10 October 2007
- Patent Attorneys welcome fast-track consultation
Published: 25 September 2007
- Leeds University spin-out firm Syntopix trials anti-acne gels in bid for a share of $2 billion market
Published: 13 July 2007
- Patent attorneys welcome Gordon Brown's creation of new government department for innovation
Published: 4 July 2007
- New generation fuel cells set to replace rechargeable batteries in laptop computers
Published: 26 June 2007
- Funding programme worth about half a million pounds to be offered to help West Midlands businesses with their Intellectual Property
Published: 7 June 2007
- Shoppers now pay less for their flat-screen TVs, thanks to patented technology from Imperial College spin-out Powerlase
Published: 24 May 2007
- Patent attorneys welcome decision granting them right of audience in Scottish Court of Session
Published: 16 May 2007
- New UK-IPO Chief Executive underlines importance of IP to UK economy
Published: 26 April 2007
- UK patent attorneys welcome appointment of senior DTI official to head Patent Office
Published: 21 March 2007
- Patent attorneys to offer free advice to small businesses, following launch of Government's new innovation support strategy
Published: 5 February 2007
- Dragons’ Den ‘refusenik’ James Barnham raises £200,000 of private equity finance to launch Nova-Flo invention
Published: 22 January 2007
- Patent attorney Tibor Gold among record number of innovators and IP professionals recognised in New Year’s honours
Published: 5 January 2007
- Chancellor’s statement underlines importance to UK economy of IP, say patent attorneys
Published: 6 December 2006
- International report shows UK favourite for foreign patent applications in Europe
Published: 18 October 2006
- News of European Parliament backing for a European patent court welcomed by patent attorneys
Published: 17 October 2006
- Proposal for a European Patent Court already threatened
Published: 2 October 2006
- Patent attorneys dismiss Times article by patent abolitionist Terence Kealey
Published: 15 August 2006
- Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome calls for changes to Legal Services Bill
Published: 31 July 2006
- Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome prospect of active role in judiciary
Published: 28 July 2006
- Patent attorneys welcome patenting from UK universities
Published: 28 July 2006
- 'Getting it Right' is aim of 2006 Congress
Published: 21 July 2006
- Patent attorneys and other users send clear message to EU Commission
Published: 14 July 2006
- Patent attorneys welcome EU Parliament’s controversial proposal for single language Community Patent
Published: 14 July 2006
- UK patent attorneys welcome clamp down on fake goods but oppose move to criminalise patent infringement
Published: 22 June 2006
- Patent agents change name after 124 years
Published: 2 June 2006
- Patent attorneys put record straight on software patents
Published: 27 May 2006
- “We must look to the end in these exciting but challenging times” says new President
Published: 26 May 2006
- Patent trolls not as dangerous as media headlines suggest
Published: 26 May 2006
- Patent attorneys free advice service grows ever larger
Published: 19 May 2006
- Government urged to make careful changes to IP scene
Published: 5 May 2006
- Attorneys support new British Library IP Centre
Published: 10 March 2006
- Patent Attorneys host talks with the Chinese
Published: 3 February 2006
- Cautious welcome to Government's White Paper
Published: 5 January 2006
- Patent Attorneys criticise Government's White Paper
Published: 21 October 2005
- Patent infringement - should it be a criminal act?
Published: 7 October 2005
- Patent attorneys welcome new service
Published: 27 September 2005
- CIPA welcomes new patents judge
Published: 20 September 2005
- Patent attorneys play crucial role in developing waste recycling industry
Published: 31 August 2005
- European Trade Mark Appointment welcomed by Patent Attorneys
Published: 22 July 2005
- Patent and trade mark attorneys welcome Government’s decision to increase diversity in the Judiciary
Published: 13 July 2005
- It’s no change for computer-implemented inventions
Published: 6 July 2005
- New CIPA President concentrates on the strength of the profession
Published: 1 June 2005
- Inventors now have PALs in Court
Published: 16 May 2005
- UK’s ratification of the London agreement welcomed by patent attorneys
Published: 6 April 2005
- Lord Falconer’s statement welcomed by patent attorneys
Published: 15 March 2005
- European Parliament’s decision on computer-implemented inventions is major setback say patent attorneys’ President
Published: 4 February 2005
- Patent Attorneys Play Key Role in Making Invention a Winner
Published: 1 February 2005
- Patent and trade mark attorneys call for active role in judiciary
Published: 24 January 2005
- Patent Attorneys respond to software patent critics
Published: 18 January 2005
- Patent Attorneys extend free advice service
Published: 6 January 2005
- UK patent chief pledges support for EPO President
Published: 10 November 2004
- Euro patent boss calls for an enhanced patent system
Published: 10 November 2004
- EPO President Alain Pompidou to speak at CIPA Congress
Published: 2 November 2004
