HGF Office

Belfast

Catalyst,
Queens Road,
Belfast,
BT3 9DT

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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)28 9078 5870

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Based at Catalyst, in the Titanic Quarter, our Belfast office is well positioned to fully engage with the entrepreneurial eco-system across Northern Ireland.

Our Belfast office acts also as a hub for our network of HGF offices, including those in Dublin and Westport, and so can provide our clients with the complete scope of HGF’s multidisciplinary IP expertise. We aim to create real impact for our clients through our team’s focus on providing commercially relevant and integrated intellectual property advice and services.

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    Latest updates

    Office Closed Dates December 2025 / January 2026

    HGF Office Closed Dates December 2025 / January 2026   UK Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December 2025 CLOSED Thursday 1 January 2026* CLOSED * Friday 2 January 2026 – …

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    PRESS RELEASE – HGF strengthens European presence with three new Partners in France and Germany

    HGF is pleased to announce the arrival of three new partners, further strengthening its European presence. Two partners will be joining the firm’s fast-growing French practice, and one will join …

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    G1/23: The Enlarged Board of Appeal shift EPO practice towards an “on-sale” bar.

    Last week, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) issued its Decision that both a product put on the market before the date of filing of a European patent application, …

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    The EPO Board of Appeal comments on the scope of the morality exclusion from patentability

    The recent decision, T1553/22 of the Board of Appeal required the Board to consider the scope of the exclusions from patentability under Article 53(a) EPC. The invention in this case …

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    The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement for plants developed using New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) – below we summarise the main points and set out the requirements …

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    When Retail Branding Meets Politics

    (Inter IKEA Systems v Algemeen Vlaams Belang (Case C‑298/23) In November 2022, the Flemish political party Vlaams Belang presented its “IKEA-PLAN – Immigratie Kan Echt Anders” (“Immigration Really Can Be Different”). …

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    Often Copied, Never Equaled: When Do Everyday Items Become Subject of Copyright?

    The  borderline between ‘pure’ works of art and mere utilitarian objects” –  Can iconic, yet everyday products be protected under copyright? The above question was posed by Advocate General in …

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