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Burberry in dispute over China trade mark rights

December 2013

Burberry's distinctive "Haymarket" tartan pattern in black, red and tan has become embroiled in a trade mark dispute in China following an application for removal by Chinese company Polo Santa Roberta, which uses a similar print in its products.
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Oxford Bacteriophage Conference 2017
September 2017
HGF Partner Craig Thomson will be Co-presenting "Creating Impact: The challenges and opportunities of commercialisation in the field of bacteriophage research" alongside Professor Martha RJ Clokie.
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IP in Retail Conference 2017
September 2017
IP in Retail 2017 - HGF's fifth annual conference will be held in September in Leeds and London. The conference addresses topical IP issues for retailers.
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Plausibility at the EPO - Decision T 0488/16 Dasatinib/BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIB
August 2017
An inventive step requiring particular technical effect or solving a particular problem must have a plausible disclosure of having achieved that in the original specification.
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CpG Oligonucleotide Therapeutics - A History Lesson for CRISPR?
July 2017
When we look at the emerging and likely future battles being fought to establish dominance in the emerging field of CRISPR technologies, it may be too easy to conclude that one has no frame of reference to help understand what the conclusion will likely be. However, as Harry S Truman said; “There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know”. There have, of course, been many emerging technologies that have been subject to an IP land-grab. One such instance that we will look at in this article relates to CpG oligonucleotides.
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UPC Agreement Provisional Application Phase and What’s Next
July 2017
The UK has deposited the document required to apply the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) with the depository for the UPC Agreement.
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