Council Minutes, January 2021
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
March 2021 / Volume 50 / Number 3
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Review of UK patent cases in 2020
Perhaps surprisingly, 2020 was a busy year in the English Patents Courts. In spite of the strictures associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the courts continued to provide a high output…
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Rule changes at the USPTO
The US Patent and Trade mark Officer (USPTO) proposed a rule change affecting applicants subject to joint research agreements. The proposed rule expands the ability of parties to a joint…
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My first year as a trainee
Hello everyone! I’m Lindsay Pike and I’ve been in the profession for just over one year now. I joined D Young & Co (‘DYC’) in January 2020 as a trainee…
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Examinations and mental health
With EQEs happening in the first week of March and PEB exam results due to be released soon, Kathryn Taylor thought this would be a perfect time to update the…
News
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Lee Davies
Videoconferencing at the EPO
Iain Ross
IPO updates
Amy Williams
China stops subsidising patent filings
Toby Mak
Overseas update – International treaties
Dr Amanda R. Gladwin
Decisions
EPO decisions
Bristows
UK IPO decisions
David Pearce, Callum Docherty and Mike Snodin
Patent decisions – UK
Beck Greener
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird LLP
Personal
Letters to the Editor
Prof. Roger Cullis and Nigel Brooks
Two IPs in A Pod is back!
Amy Williams
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster OBE
Meet the team!
Kathryn Espino
The Yellow Sheet
The Yellow Sheet – March 2021
Joel Briscoe, Tom Collier, Kathryn Taylor, Sam Smith, Jonathan Foster, Meg Murphy, Greg Aroutiunian and Henry Shine
Friday night mocktail recipes
Lewis Bell
Whacky (and interesting) Patents!
Lindsay Pike and Tom Collier