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MIP Stars 2018
May 2018
Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS 2018 - The list of highly recommended IP professionals has now been published. The firm is delighted to have 13 IP Stars listed for 2018.
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AG Opinion in the Truvada SPC case: are the issues specifically and precisely identifiable for the CJEU?
May 2018
AG Wathelet has given his opinion on the “thorny issue” of the criteria for determining whether an active ingredient or combination of active ingredients of a medicinal product is “protected by a basic patent in force” within the meaning of the SPC Regulation (Article 3(a) of Regulation No 469/2009).
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HGF announces 2 new Partners
May 2018
HGF Ltd is delighted to announce that from the 1st of May 2018, Kieran Killough and Dr Susan Keston have been promoted to Partner, increasing the Partner group to 53 Partners.
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UK ratifies the Unified Patent Court Agreement
May 2018
On World IP day last week, the UK Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah MP, confirmed that the UK has ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). The announcement from UKIPO can be read here. Simultaneously, the UK also deposited its formal instrument of ratification, making 16 countries in total having ratified the UPCA.
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Ledger tech to help solve IP problems – Raconteur report in The Times
April 2018
As originally seen in ‘Ledger tech to help solve IP problems’ published by Raconteur media on Friday 20th April in The Times.
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Key IP Provisions Agreed in Brexit Draft Agreement
March 2018
The Draft Agreement for the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union has been published, with highlighting to mark up the progress made in the negotiation round with the UK of 16-19 March 2018.
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EPO Annual Report – 2017 a positive year for patents in Europe
March 2018
The EPO annual report (out 7 March 2018) shows a continued rise in patent applications at the EPO. The EPO received nearly 166 000 European patent applications in 2017, an increase of +3.9% and an all-time high.
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When filing your trade mark applications, beware someone is watching you!
March 2018
HGF have recently become aware that third parties are scanning the online trade mark registers from the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office and potentially other trade mark registers and proceeding to register domain names for, or including, those trade marks.
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Hyperlinking – Copyright implications
March 2018
In recent months, there have been a number of Court of Justice of the European Union decisions relating to the copyright implications of hyperlinking.
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Cambodia (KH) to recognise European Patents as National Patents
February 2018
From 1 March 2018, at the applicant's request, it will be possible to designate Cambodia as a “validation state” in European patent applications.
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