HGF Office

Aberdeen

1 Marischal Square,
Broad Street,
Aberdeen,
AB10 1BL

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HGF is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service both across Europe and internationally. Contact us to find out how we can work with your business.

Tel. +44 (0)1224 258 510

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Located close to the city’s university, our Aberdeen office, which opened in 2011, provides a vital service in the heart of one of the UK’s fastest-growing cities.

The team of specialist attorneys deal with all technologies, but specialise in oil and gas, energy, engineering, chemistry and trade mark cases, working with academic institutions, SMEs and multinationals.

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    UPC Representative

    Craig
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    John
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    Delphine
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    Kimberley
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    Linda
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    Head of Patent Support Services & Partner

    Laura
    Sanders

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    Saara
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    Deborah
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    The Enlarged Board of Appeal has today issued its decision in seminal case G1/24.

    G1/24, described as one of the most important cases in decades, relates to how claims of patents are to be interpreted by the Boards of Appeal and, by extension, all …

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    UPC’s Hamburg Local Division provides guidance on the extent to which a patent may be used as its own “lexicon”

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    UPC delivers first judgment on Validity and Infringement of a Second Medical Use Claim

    Sanofi Biotechnology SAS & Anor v Amgen, Inc., & Ors– Thomas, Thom, Kupecz and Dorland-Galliot – [UPC_CFI_505/2024] The Dusseldorf Local Division (LD) has delivered the UPC’s first Judgment on second …

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