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HGF Ranked #1 in the UK for Trade Mark Portfolios in the 2025 Trade Mark Filing Trends Report by Clarivate.
HGF has achieved the #1 ranking for the UK for trade mark portfolios in the newly released 2025 Trade mark Filing Trends report by Clarivate, recognising the firm as a …
Read articleThe 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 …
Read articleThe 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”
Agfa NV v Gucci & Anors. [UPC_CFI_278/2023] – Hamburg Local Division of the UPC (Klepsch, Schilling, Sarlin) – 30 April 2025 While we await a decision on G1/24 from the …
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MevoCem Nominated for the Earthshot Prize by CIPA
We’re delighted to share that our client, Material Evolution, has been nominated by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) for the globally renowned Earthshot Prize, in recognition of their …
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Agritech Thymes: Agritech 2030: Forecasting the Technologies Poised to Transform Farming
Whilst yet to recover to the levels of 2011-2021, where capital invested in agritech increased 20-fold, investor funding in agritech is starting to pick up, and 2025 is set to …
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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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Webinar: Patent and trademark strategy for start-ups – protecting innovation, building a brand, securing growth
Start-ups thrive on ideas – and on protecting them. However, patents and trademarks are often protected too late or insufficiently. HGF is pleased to invite you to participate in our …
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10th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum in Amsterdam
We are pleased to announce that our partner and patent attorney Bernhard Ganahl will be a panelist at the 10th IP and Competition Forum of OxViews in Amsterdam. At the …
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IP Ingredients: What Will The EU’s Design Reform Package Do For Food & Drink Businesses?
As reported by our colleague Joanne Meredith in her recent post (click here to read), Phase One of the EU’s “Design Reform Package” became effective on 1 May 2025, with …
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Managing Intellectual Property practitioner rankings – IP Stars 2025
We are pleased to share that HGF has once again been prominently featured in the Managing IP STARS 2025 rankings, a leading benchmark for excellence in the global IP profession. …
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