Council Minutes, October 2025
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
November 2025 / Volume 54 / Number 11
Featured
AI, IP and the future of the profession: Highlights from CIPA Congress 2025
AI tools may be transforming the IP landscape, but at CIPA Congress 2025 the message was clear: thoughtful regulation, training, and human insight remain vital to innovation. Report by Alexandra…
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G1/23 – a harmonious recast of the European law of enablement
In the first of a two-part article, Greg Corcoran (Fellow) provides an in-depth look at the recent Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/23 on public prior use and considers its…
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Optis v Apple and the return to orthodoxy on trade secrets
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the traditional balancing exercise between open justice and the protection of trade secrets still applies. Chris Ryan examines the appeal in Optis Cellular…
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Who really wants to be a lawyer anyway?
Protection of the term ‘lawyer’ under The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 will have ramifications for some patent and trade mark attorneys. By Colin Hulme. In September 1990,…
Up Front - CIPA news
Committee Updates, October 2025
CIPA
Protecting the CIPA website from attacks
CIPA
European Patents Handbook
Hugh Dunlop
Other News
A statement from the IPO on patent publication delays
Andy Bartlett, IPO
IPO fees to increase from 1 April 2026
IPO Update
A nice day in Nice – 100th epi Council meeting
Julia Gwilt
News from your epi Council members
Chris Mercer
epi elections 2026 – have your say!
epi update
Articles
G1/23 – a harmonious recast of the European law of enablement
Greg Corcoran
Optis v Apple and the return to orthodoxy on trade secrets
Chris Ryan
Who really wants to be a lawyer anyway?
Colin Hulme
What’s changing – IPO’s future patent services
Simeon Bowen
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
UK FRAND cases
Bristows
IPO decisions
Barker Brettell LLP
EPO decisions
Bristows
UPC decisions and orders
EIP
Paralegals
CIPA IP Paralegal Conference 2025
Emma Norris
Indonesia’s new patent implementation statement
Annemarie Parsons
Unlocking learning: Making the most of CIPA’s webinar archive
Ruth Collins
Santa’s Patent Office: Rejected Again!
Emily Harris
First joint CITMA and CIPA paralegal reception
Paul Farrell
Education and events
AI, IP and the future of the profession: Highlights from CIPA Congress 2025
Alexandra Collingwood-Pierce, Greg Corcoran
European Patents Handbook
Hugh Dunlop
Yellow Sheet
Epseeta Chowdhury, Tom Bridgwater
Personal
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster
UNION-IP Christmas Dinner Meeting – Mark Chacksfield KC
UNION-IP