Brexit: Picking Apart EU and UK Unregistered Designs
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 by (European)...
How does Apple successfully patent software?
Having handled patent cases for more than 20 years, I have lost count of the number of times clients have asked “How do I patent software?”, or state that “Software is not patentable in the UK or Europe”. My answer has always been…
Living ViCo-riously
The new normal is here, but the world of Intellectual Property management continues unabated. Deadlines for prosecuting patent applications may be extended in many cases, but by-and-large the filing and examination processes are unchanged. One major change to...