HGF Office

Newcastle

7th Floor, 1 St. James Gate,
Scotswood Road,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE1 4AD

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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)191 205 8360

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HGF opened its Newcastle office in 2016 to provide IP services to the many companies and universities based in the North East area.

Newcastle’s HGF office collaborates with the firm’s large network of multidisciplinary specialists across trade marks, bio sciences, life sciences, engineering, chemistry and electronics to provide full service IP for academia, SMEs and multinational companies.

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    Lucy
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    Richard
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    Unsworth

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    Elliot
    Stephens

    Patent Director

    Thomas
    Olbrich

    Patent Director

    Rebecca
    Grant

    Trade Mark Director

    David
    Akerman

    Senior Patent Attorney

    Heather
    Reiffer

    Patent Attorney

    Joseph
    Todd

    Trainee Patent Attorney

    Emilie
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    Senior Patent Formalities Officer & IP Administrator Team Manager

    Julie
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    Latest updates

    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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    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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    T 0883/23: Dosage claims and their entitlement to priority when only the clinical trial protocol was disclosed in the priority application

    In a recently issued decision by the EPO’s Board of Appeal (BoA), the BoA held that claims directed to a combination of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) at particular doses were …

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    The end of the Brexit overhang for trade marks: review, refile and revoke.

    On the 31st December 2025, five years will have passed since the end of the Brexit transitional period on 31st December 2020. Why is this relevant? For UK cloned trade …

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    Event - 14th January 2026

    Seminar on The aftermath of G1/24 - has anything changed?

    HGF is hosting a The aftermath of G1/24 – has anything changed? Which will be followed by networking, apero, and snacks. The Seminar will be held on Wednesday, 14th January …

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