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Opposing A European Patent On A Tight Schedule

Will Doherty | 18th February 2021

What do you do when you are up against a competitor’s European patent, and you have minimal time to oppose or revoke the patent in order to operate freely? You know the story – you’ve geared up for an all-important product launch, and take one l …

Where’s your IP at?

Julia House | 18th February 2021

Julia House, Director and UK & European Trade Mark Attorney at Albright IP talks about their IP portal and the challenges companies face when managing multiple brands… Put simply, if you don’t know what you’ve got, then you can’t make it work for y …

Why should you patent an invention?

Robert Games | 18th February 2021

When a prospective client approaches Albright IP, they usually have a reasonably clear idea about what they would like us to do. If they have a new innovation which they regard as an invention, then what they really want is a granted patent to …

Brexit: Picking Apart EU and UK Unregistered Designs

Frederick Noble | 10th February 2021

Introduction Unregistered design rights in Europe and the UK can provide useful and quite powerful additional tools for the IP owner. Since the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union, and as such the United Kingdom is no longer covered …

Winning An Opposition Against A European Patent

Will Doherty | 19th December 2020

This brief case study provides an overview of strategies for winning an opposition submitted against a European Patent. The statistics for opposition of a European patent before the European Patent Office (EPO) suggest that the process can be co …

How Patents Can Let You Make Money from Covid-19

Matthew Cyrson | 3rd December 2020

If you watched the Downing Street press briefing on Monday 23rd November 2020 then, amongst the utterances of “jolly” and “alas” from the UK Prime Minister, you may have noticed a comment from Prof Andrew Pollard. Prof Pollard – director …

How Apple Successfully Patented A Software User Interface for A Camera

Adrian Hocking | 16th November 2020

Case Study No. 2 Index Introduction How To Find Software Patents Background Of The Patent How Does Apple Obtain So Many Granted Software Patents in Europe? Why start with a ‘method’ claim? Dissecting The Claims Method Claim 1 Compu …

Can a Machine Really Invent?

Frederick Noble | 30th October 2020

As IP attorneys we have certainly seen a large increase in AI inventions over the past few years. It comes as no surprise then, that the UK Government wants to develop intellectual property law and policy to ensure that AI technology is supporte …

Brexit IP: Prepare for the worst, hope for the best

Julia House | 20th October 2020

After several years of debate and negotiation, the UK will finally leave the European Union at midnight on the 31st December 2020. This brings with it some fundamental changes for UK companies with European trade mark and design registrations. J …

Registered design infringement – what gets compared and how similar does it have to be?

Frederick Noble | 24th September 2020

Quite a few years ago now, we thought it would be fun to look at some decisions on registered design validity and infringement and put together a quiz. The quiz is still available on our website. For each of thirteen pairs of designs the questio …

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Opposing A European Patent On A Tight Schedule

Where’s your IP at?

Why should you patent an invention?

Brexit: Picking Apart EU and UK Unregistered Designs

Winning An Opposition Against A European Patent

How Patents Can Let You Make Money from Covid-19

How Apple Successfully Patented A Software User Interface for A Camera

Can a Machine Really Invent?

Brexit IP: Prepare for the worst, hope for the best

Registered design infringement – what gets compared and how similar does it have to be?

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