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 considered...
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 of the Oxford vaccine...
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 Computer-Readable...
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. Julia House,...
As the government grapples with the need to map out what the post-COVID landscape might look like, there is one thing for certain, now is the time to take the opportunity to do the right thing for our world. There is much discussion about the need to ‘build back...
At Filing – file your UK patent application with a Request for a Search. The UK IPO Search Report will normally be issued within about 4 to 5 months after the filing date, and will provide an indication of the patentability of the invention well in advance of the foreign filing deadline.
