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14th March 2024
HGF Ranked Highly in UK WIPR Trade Mark Rankings 2024

We are happy to announce that the WIPR rankings for 2024 are now live, and HGF has been highly ranked. HGF has been recognised as: Highly Recommended in Non-Contentious Law …

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14th March 2024
Fashionably IP Podcast – Episodes 21-30 – exploring hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property

Episodes 21-30 of the Fashionably IP Podcast where we will be looking at important hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property. We will be focusing on key …

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8th - 9th May 2024
LSPN North America Spring 2024

HGF are silver sponsors of the LSPN North America Spring event, due to go ahead from the 8th-9th May 2024 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. This premier event, …

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14th March 2024
IP Ingredients, Part 9: Protecting a food or drink manufacturing process

While patents are most often associated with new products like food compositions or food preparation equipment, they can also be obtained for new processes. Process patents are sometimes considered to …

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Event
11th - 12th March 2024
IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe 2024

HGF is sponsoring the IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe, which will be held on 11th – 12th March in Dusseldorf. HGF Chair Lucy Johnson will be chairing the event and …

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7th March 2024
Building a sustainable future: the importance of innovation and intellectual property for the construction industry

Like many industries, the construction industry faces huge challenges as it works toward achieving the ambitious target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Whilst already adhering to stringent environmental standards …

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7th March 2024
Recording transactions at the EPO: New practice for signatures on evidence

From 1 April 2024, the EPO will accept digital or text string signatures as alternatives to handwritten or facsimile signatures on contracts and declarations submitted as evidence to support requests …

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6th March 2024
Spoiler: You can get patents for software!

I’ve been a patent attorney working in what’s often called “computer-implemented inventions” for around 20 years. Throughout that time, I’ve had many people tell me that you couldn’t get patents …

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5th March 2024
Upcoming Webinar: Top 10 Alternative Protein Challenges

EVENT DATE: 27th March 2024 EVENT TIME: 3.00 pm (GMT) Partner and Patent Attorney Kerry Rees will be a guest speaker at Protein Production Technology’s upcoming webinar on Wednesday 27th March …

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