Council Minutes – February
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
April 2021 / Volume 50 / Number 4
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New regulations from the USPTO on PTAB proceedings
Are the scales balancing between patent owners and petitioners in the US? The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has promulgated two new regulation packages relating to proceedings before the…
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Pharmaceuticals: what’s in a name?
I recently attended the Annual Brand Seminar held by UCL Faculty of Laws (specifically, the UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law), focusing on trade mark protection of pharmaceutical names….
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Starting the profession during Covid-19
Lockdown; a word now synonymous with monotony, repetition and Zoom quizzes. It has been a bizarre time to live through, and, for some, an interesting time to embark upon a…
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Claiming an EU filing date on UK trade mark and design cases
Are you aware that if you had trade mark or design that was pending at the on the 1 January 2021, you can apply for the same right as a UK…
Up Front
Decisions
EPO decisions
Claire Phipps-Jones (Bristows)
IPO decisions
David Pearce and Callum Docherty
Patent decisions – UK
Beck Greener
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird LLP
Personal
Could you become an advice clinician?
Amy Williams
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster OBE
Obituary: Janet Senior (1947-2021)
Jim Pearson
Announcements
Iain Ross
Examination prizes 2020
Iain Ross
The Royal Foundation’s Earthshot Prize
Jerry Bridge-Bulter
The Yellow Sheet
The Yellow Sheet – April 2021
Joel Briscoe, Tom Collier and Kathryn Taylor
Update – Self-Injury Awareness Day
Jonathan Foster
Wellbeing series event report
Jonathan Foster and Kathryn Taylor
Reflections on the e-Pre-EQE
Jonathan Foster
Whacky patents!
Joel Briscoe