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Court of Appeal judgment in “Cipriani” trade mark case - 05.03.2010
New EPO President elected - 05.03.2010
ASA rules on fluctuating prices in advertising - 03.03.2010
EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal announces the end of Swiss form claims - 19.02.2010
Simplified UK Customs Regulations on counterfeit goods ease brand owners’ burden - 18.02.2010
Official language change not permitted in EPO proceedings - 18.02.2010
RCD application content clarified - 17.02.2010
EPO clarifies patentability of diagnostic methods - 17.02.2010
VODKAT is not vodka - 09.02.2010
Chinese design law clarified - 09.02.2010
Montenegro (ME) joins EPO Extension States - 22.01.2010
EC investigates pharma patent settlements - 12.01.2010
Leading patent litigator joins Marks & Clerk Solicitors - 07.01.2010
Issue estoppel before the Trade Mark Registry revived - 29.12.2009
Additional protection for health claims and supporting data outside patent law - 18.12.2009
IP5 website launched - 18.12.2009
New ‘green fast track’ from USPTO - 10.12.2009
Pre-Budget Report 2009: a boost to UK innovation - 10.12.2009
One-click patent rumbles on at the EPO - 09.12.2009
eBay fined by French courts following LVMH injunction - 01.12.2009
Referral to ECJ for clarification of transhipment rules - 30.11.2009
UPDATE - ICANN expands the domain name system - 30.11.2009
Skilled person gets smarter than ever - 13.11.2009
ICANN expands the domain name system - 29.10.2009
Budweiser case raises key questions on trade mark co-existence - 20.10.2009
ASA finds “Fill Your Boots At Tesco” comparative ad not misleading - 01.10.2009
Exclamation mark cannot be registered as a trade mark! - 30.09.2009
ECJ Advocate General backs Google in trade marks case against LVMH - 22.09.2009
Key changes to UK trade mark examination procedure - 14.09.2009
i4i versus Microsoft - i4i awarded in excess of $290m - 24.08.2009
Stella McCartney wins perfume battle with Bono's wife - 24.08.2009
Last fandango from the House of Lords - 20.08.2009
Conflicting decisions on the same patent - 05.08.2009
Contractual interpretation principles clarified by Lord Hoffman - 22.07.2009
Marks & Clerk opens office in Malaysia - 16.07.2009
UPDATE - Usernames on Facebook - 15.07.2009
EU Commission issues final report on pharma sector - 14.07.2009
ECJ confirms ownership of commissioned community designs - 10.07.2009
ECJ upholds rights of Dutch brewers to Bavaria name - 02.07.2009
Changes to UK Customs Regulations on counterfeit goods make life harder for right owners - 22.06.2009
ECJ opens the door to victory for L’Oréal - 18.06.2009
Extension to PPH set for 1 October 2009 - 17.06.2009
Interflora High Court decision on Google AdWords - 16.06.2009
UPDATE: Trade Marks on Facebook - 16.06.2009
Priority - unity of applicants is essential - 14.06.2009
Trade Marks on Facebook - 12.06.2009
Funding gap will lead to further consolidation of biotech industry, finds new Marks & Clerk research - 18.05.2009
UK IPO introduces fast track procedure for "Green" inventions - 18.05.2009
Google widens Adword free for all - 14.05.2009
Compromise - the solution for eBay and luxury brand owners? - 14.05.2009
Benefits of 'Cleantech' patent protection to developing and least developed nations - new report published - 14.05.2009
Patent prosecution rule changes agreed by EPO - 06.05.2009
Businesses becoming more protective of their brands in the downturn, finds new Marks & Clerk research - 05.05.2009
Peru accedes to the Patent Cooperation Treaty - 05.05.2009
Business fears counterfeiting set to increase in first digital recession finds new Marks & Clerk research - 15.04.2009
Lopez wins rights over "bad faith" domains - 09.04.2009
CTM fees reduction - German companies again lead EU trade mark and design filing figures - 09.04.2009
Dividing European patent applications – new restrictions agreed - 30.03.2009
EPO Appeal Board refuses divisional patent application for attempted double patenting - 30.03.2009
Costs for trade mark protection across EU at all time low - 27.03.2009
Community Trade Mark Regulation republished with codified amendments - 24.03.2009
NASDAQ wins in the European Court of Justice - 20.03.2009
Cyber squatting cases continue to increase - 20.03.2009
Marks & Clerk converts to LLP - 13.03.2009
Marks & Clerk Solicitors opens branch in Cambridge - 13.03.2009
EPO goes completely “online” - 06.03.2009
OHIM to abolish final registration fees for CTMs - 04.03.2009
The House of Lords confirms enantiomers can be patentable – sometimes - 27.02.2009
Landmark inventor compensation claim in healthcare battle - 11.02.2009
New fee regime at the EPO - 09.02.2009
ECJ ruling on repackaging parallel-imported pharmaceuticals - 09.02.2009
Google sponsored keywords – the debate rages on - 06.02.2009
UK IPO launches new databases - 03.02.2009
WIPO offers new supplementary international search for PCT applications - 09.01.2009
Artist’s resale rights hit by economic downturn - 09.01.2009
Belgium to abolish the "petty patent" system - 16.12.2008
Company Names Adjudicator issues first decision - 16.12.2008
Patent office work - sharing initiatives announced - 16.12.2008
OHIM registers 500 000th Community Trade Mark - 16.12.2008
Intel case - ECJ gives guidance on dilution of well-known marks - 11.12.2008
Musicians triumph with UK Government u-turn on copyright term - 11.12.2008
EPO Appeal Board upholds controversial patents for breast and ovarian cancer genetic testing - 09.12.2008
Rejection of controversial stem cell patent fails to fully clarify law - 28.11.2008
Launch of new Top Level Domain “.Tel” - 27.11.2008
Directors and managers personal liability - piercing the corporate veil for infringement actions - 06.11.2008
ICANN plans to limit domain name tasting - 06.11.2008
Software patentability referred to Enlarged Board of Appeal - 28.10.2008
Marks & Clerk Solicitors sets up associated law firm in Asia - 09.10.2008
Latest Decision on UK Software Patents Rejects UK-IPO Interpretation - 08.10.2008
Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo - Revalidation Procedures and Deadlines - 02.10.2008
Company Names - New Provisions on Company Name Disputes - 02.10.2008
Rule Changes for .uk Domain Name Disputes - 02.10.2008
CTM fees to be cut in 2009 - 02.10.2008
UK-IPO introduces significant changes to procedures with New Rules - 02.10.2008
London 2012 - strict restrictions for businesses - 28.08.2008
Well-known trade marks in Beijing Olympics - 31.07.2008
Obviousness - An Outbreak of Harmony - 15.07.2008
The price of luxury: 40 million euros - 04.07.2008
.london, .football, .marksandclerk...? - New domain names available as ICANN votes to relax domain name rules - 01.07.2008
Interim decision casts doubt on certainty of claim construction - 25.06.2008
"Busted" out of court - 24.06.2008
O2's bubble has finally burst - 19.06.2008
Funding pressures threaten future drug development, finds new Marks & Clerk research - 16.06.2008
Use on goods of decoration similar to a trade mark may infringe rights in Europe - 02.06.2008
Radical reform of UK consumer laws now in place impacts on IP owners - 02.06.2008
Counterfeiting activity increases in EU but help is available - 23.05.2008
Community designs – Jimmy Choo handbags innocent infringer - 23.05.2008
Dosage regime claims now allowable and enforceable in the UK - 23.05.2008
Google changes its trade mark policy - 15.05.2008
Court of Appeal calls time on attempts to prevent transit of goods through the EU - 13.05.2008
New criminal laws on comparative advertising come into force - 13.05.2008
Gilead Sciences, Inc. file an Appeal against the Decision of the Comptroller - 13.05.2008
Access to Chinese patent information made easier - 07.05.2008
New light shed on "trade circles" in EU and UK design law - 07.05.2008
Change to EPO reinstatement rules remains ambiguous - 02.05.2008
THERE AIN'T NO F IN JUSTICE held to be a trade mark in the UK - after Appeal - 02.05.2008
London Agreement in Force - the end of expensive translations? - 01.05.2008
Community Design law - not all good news? - 25.04.2008
UK IPO launches new searchable Patents Journal - 23.04.2008
Depressing result for generics as insufficiency test clarified in favour of patentee - 18.04.2008
GARY BROOKER and ONWARD MUSIC LTD v MATTHEW FISHER (2008) - Court of Appeal Decision [2008] EWCA Civ 287 - 14.04.2008
No USPTO rule changes - 04.04.2008
End in sight for claiming alternatives in the US - 28.03.2008
Tech innovation rewarded: UK patent practice moves closer to Europe - 25.03.2008
EU: No progress on the Community Patent - 20.03.2008
Decisive victory for UK software patents - 19.03.2008
English court delivers first ruling on search engine keywords - 18.03.2008
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology - 13.03.2008
US Patent Office refusing more patents than ever before - 13.03.2008
Grey goods - UK courts make issue black and white for the time being - 03.03.2008
US to Review Practice on Business Method Patents - 28.02.2008
Claims to computer programs allowable once more in the UK - 27.02.2008
UK R&D tax credits to rise - but new time limits on claims - 12.02.2008
European Court offers opinion on comparative advertisements - 12.02.2008
Important OHIM change of practice - Search Reports - 12.02.2008
France ratifies London Agreement - 01.02.2008
Marks & Clerk announces new Chairman - 21.01.2008
Government announces new fast track service for trade mark applications - 18.01.2008
EPO announces important changes to fees and filing procedure - 09.01.2008
Lacoste loses crocodile trade mark row - Marks & Clerk represents victorious dental practice - 04.01.2008
