Educational routes into the profession
Chris Smith
CIPA Journal
May 2025 / Volume 54 / Number 5
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IPO survey on priorities to shape UK system for protecting designs
On 1 April 2025, Matthew Ridley, with support of the Designs & Copyright Committee, of which he is Chair, submitted CIPA’s response to the IPO’s ‘Survey on priorities to shape…
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Two recent medical devices cases put the third Actavis question under the microscope
As courts apply the Actavis framework to medical device patents, a consistent approach to the third question remains elusive. By Angela Jack, Tom Leigh and Dalton Tucker. We examine two…
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The London Agreement and Article 65 EPC
Emma Norris (IP Paralegal) examines the London Agreement and Article 65 EPC and asks: What is it and how does it benefit patentees? The London Agreement is a cost-reducing mechanism…
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UK maintains its existing IP exhaustion rights regime
On 16 May 2025, CIPA President Bobby Mukherjee wrote to Intellectual Property Minister Feryal Clark MP to congratulate her on the government’s decision to maintain the UK’s current IP exhaustion…
Other news
UK maintains its existing IP exhaustion rights regime
Bobby Mukherjee
epi Council meeting
Chris Mercer
What (and when) is happening with EU design law reform?
David Musker
IPO survey on priorities to shape UK system for protecting designs
Matthew Ridley
EP patent validation in Laos
Ian Mirandah, Juvelyn Cubilla
Articles
What the Dickens did Brunel think of patents?
Alex Rogers
Two recent medical devices cases put the third Actavis question under the microscope
Angela Jack, Tom Leigh and Dalton Tucker
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
UK IPO decisions
Barker Brettell LLP
EPO decisions
Bristows
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
EIP
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird
IP Paralegals
The London Agreement and Article 65 EPC
Emma Norris
NAIPA 2025: A model for international IP paralegal collaboration
CIPA Paralegal Committee
Introductory Patent Paralegal Course returns – now in its fifth year!
Roll the dice: becoming an IP paralegal
Hannah Eccles
Personal
Obituary: Esmond Antony Hitchcock
Thomas Prock
Obituary: Peter Maguire
Tony Maguire and Julia Gwilt
Calling all CIPA and CITMA cricketers!
CIPA Journal launches online audio tool: BeyondWords
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CIPA’s privacy policy updated
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