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News archive for March 2020

All of our news from March 2020

  • UK will no longer seek to participate in unitary patent and UPC

    March 2020

    The UK Government has confirmed the UK will no longer seek to be part of the proposed unitary patent (UP) or Unified Patent Court (UPC) systems.

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  • HGF wins Scottish “Firm of the Year” for Prosecution at the MIP Awards

    March 2020

    We are delighted to announce that HGF won Scottish “Firm of the Year” in the Prosecution category.

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  • The end of the UPC as we know it?

    March 2020

    The German Federal Constitutional Court has issued a decision which ruled the German UPCA Ratification Law to be unconstitutional and void. However, the court dismissed the second set of arguments (violation of fundamental democratic rights and the principle of separation of powers) as inadmissible.

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  • COVID-19 - CONTRACTUAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

    March 2020

    With the increasing volume of cases and extensive media coverage, there is no doubt Covid-19 represents a significant risk to businesses across the globe. Businesses will inevitably be impacted and will need to plan to minimise and mitigate the risks Covid-19 poses to its business continuity but at the same time protect the health and safety of its employees and their families.

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  • Intellectual Property | Are you protecting your business ideas?

    May 2021

    HGF and British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce are holding a webinar on 10th May 2021.

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  • IPOwners Spring Summit 2021

    April 2021

    The 4th Annual IPOwners Spring Summit™ will be held virtually on April 20-21. HGF Partner Lee Curtis will be speaking Tuesday 20th April.

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  • Sheffield Hallam University - AWRC Wellbeing Accelerator

    April 2021

    HGF Partner Vanessa Stainthorpe will be running a workshop on 13th April.

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  • EPO continues oral proceedings by videoconference in examination and opposition during pendency of referral G 1/21

    March 2021

    The EPO Boards of Appeal took the decision that from the start of 2021, all Boards of Appeal oral proceedings could be held by videoconference, even if the parties to the proceedings were not in agreement (ostensibly aping the position before Opposition and Examining Divisions).

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  • Husch Blackwell webinar: Global Patent Protection

    March 2021

    Husch Blackwell is holding webinar series on intellectual property. 16th March session will focus on global patent protection.

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