Council Minutes, January 2025
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
March 2025 / Volume 54 / Number 3
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USPTO patent fee changes for 2025
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (‘USPTO’) implemented significant changes to its patent fees that became effective on 19 January 2025. By Amanda K. Murphy, Jeffrey M. Jacobstein, Mary…
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EU design law is changing: what does it mean for designers?
The new EU design directive (2024/2823) and EU design regulation (2024/2822), proposals for which were first issued by the European Commission in 2022, were published on 18 November 2024 and…
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An Elephant in the Room?
Can the referral questions of G1/24 be interpreted broadly to cover the need for adaption of the description? Reasoning for the final paragraph of CIPA’s amicus brief. By Greg Corcoran…
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Clinical trial disclosures and patentability at the EPO – Part 1
Clinical trial disclosures can play a pivotal role in shaping the patent landscape. Whilst such public disclosures can showcase a company’s innovative developments, they can also place new information, including…
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Review of UK patent cases in 2024
By the Bristows team – Dominic Adair, Nadine Bleach, Katie Cambrook, Brian Cordery, Sam Harvey, Nicholas Round, Lucy Sewter, and Aida Tohala. Index Quotation of the year Introduction Claim construction…
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Stay current, stay protected
Emily Harris provides a practical guide to foreign IP renewal searches. Managing renewals can be a daunting task. Add into the mix foreign databases which raise alarm bells on your…
UPC: Microsoft v Suinno Mobile
In-house counsel representation rights at the UPC
Bobby Mukherjee
IP Federation’s comments on Microsoft Corp v Suinno Mobile
Adrian Howes
UPC Court of Appeal recognises representation rights of in-house counsel
Other news
IPO updates guidance on the examination of AI patents
IPO
IPO patents service – update and demonstration
Lee Davies
Vaccine distribution: breaking the cold chain
Neil Lampert
Articles
Review of UK patent cases in 2024
Bristows
Clinical trial disclosures and patentability at the EPO – Part 1
Nadège Beynon, Sophie Skidmore, Gabriela Staber
USPTO patent fee changes for 2025
Finnegan
An Elephant in the Room?
Greg Corcoran, Richard Lawrence
EU design law is changing: what does it mean for designers?
Olivia Nimmo, John Coldham
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
FRAND decisions
Bristows
UK IPO decisions
David Pearce
EPO decisions
Bristows
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
EIP
UPC decisions: Alexion v Amgen; HP v LAMA
Dehns
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird
IP Paralegals
EPAC 2025 – training has commenced
Vicky Maynard
Stay current, stay protected
Emily Harris
Valentine’s Day patents
Emma Norris
Education and Yellow Sheet
Yellow Sheet
Informals Committee
Personal
Obituary: Patrick Ellis-Jones
James Fish, Carolynne Ellis-Jones and Simon Wright
Nothing Toulouse – cricket report
Krishna Raghavan, John Hull, Andy Spurr
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster