Editorial: Uncertain change
Jeremy Holmes, Editor
CIPA Journal
March 2022 / Volume 51 / Number 3
Featured
Review of patent cases in 2021
Index: Bristows annual review of patent cases in 2021 Introduction and Quotation of the year Claim construction and infringement Construction Infringement Crown use defence De Minimis Doctrine of equivalents Validity…
Featured
Patent box – hints and tips your client needs to know
This second article on the UK patent box tax incentive looks at aspects of the relief which are more esoteric but may encourage clients, who have not previously considered claiming…
Featured
Licensing design rights and the burden of protection
Paul Harris (Fellow) reviews the recent Evans v Joseph Joseph Ltd case which considers the licensing of design rights and the burden of protection. Mini-summary The legal principles surrounding the…
Featured
Drafting around prior art and validity opinions
The life of a patent attorney is hard enough as it is, but using the EPO claim drafting convention, one would be forgiven for thinking that after carefully steering around…
Up Front
Council Minutes, January 2022
Lee Davies, Chief Executive
Council Minutes, February 2022
Lee Davies, Chief Executive
News
EPO Guidelines consultation
Gwilym Roberts
UK IPO – call for user testing participants
Laurence Lai
Overseas news
Amanda R. Gladwin
UK government’s sanctions regime relating to Russia
CIPA
Support for Ukraine and its IP professionals
CIPA
IPO statement on Ukraine
Annual review of patent cases from 2021
Introduction and Quotation of the year
Bristows
Claim construction and infringement
Bristows
Doctrine of equivalents
Bristows
Validity
Bristows
FRAND
Bristows
Inequitable conduct
Bristows
Supplementary protection certifications (‘SPCs’)
Bristows
Procedural issues
Bristows
Unitary Patent / Unified Patent Court
Bristows
Looking ahead to 2022
Bristows
The Bristows Team
Bristows
Decisions
Patent decisions – UK courts
Beck Greener
Patent decisions – EPO
Bristows
Patent decisions – UK IPO
David Pearce and Callum Docherty
Trade mark decisions – UK
Bird & Bird LLP
Trade mark decisions – EUIPO
Bird & Bird LLP
Case commentary
Drafting around prior art and validity opinions
Paul Harris
Licensing design rights and the burden of protection
Paul Harris