31st May 2013
There has been much discussion regarding the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment in Case C-307/10, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys v Registrar of Trade Marks (IP TRANSLATOR), a case well known within the IP profession. This blog examines some of the issues the decision has created for trade mark applicants and […]
31st May 2013
Reddie & Grose LLP’s patent prosecution practice has been recommended for the second consecutive year in IAM Patent 1000 – a new directory published by Intellectual Asset Management magazine (IAM). The “IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2012” is a new guide documenting the top patent practitioners in jurisdictions around the world. The […]
27th May 2013
Reddie & Grose patent and trade mark attorney Helen Wakerley talks through some of the issues. There are 27 countries in the EU, but on 1st July 2013 the count increases to 28 with the inclusion of Croatia. A country south of EU members Slovenia and Hungary and north of non-EU country Bosnia & Herzegovina, […]
24th May 2013
The Nestec v Dualit case (Nestec SA & others v Dualit Ltd & Others [2013] EWHC 923), decided in April 2013 by Mr Justice Arnold, primarily concerns coffee machines. As legal decisions go, it has several interesting elements, but perhaps of most interest to practitioners is the Judge’s decision about priority entitlement. The Judge found […]
20th May 2013
In its decision of 3rd May 2013, (2013 EWCA Civ 451) the UK Court of Appeal has found that Apple’s European Patent EP 2098948B, relating to a “Touch Event Model” does not relate to an excluded computer program as such, and so should not therefore have been found invalid on that ground in the first […]
14th May 2013
Following its consultation on reform of the UK Designs Legal Framework, the UK Government published The Intellectual Property Bill (the IP Bill) last week. A copy of the draft bill can be found here. The next reading of the bill will be in the House of Lords on 22nd May 2013. Summary Of The Bill The IP […]
13th May 2013
If you hadn’t heard of 3D printing it does perhaps begs the question “where have you been?”. 3D printers are big news at the moment and look to be taking off in a big way. In essence 3D printers use an additive manufacturing process, wherein 3D objects are built up by adding layer upon layer […]
3rd May 2013
Case Review of Interflora II Interflora II is the latest UK Court of Appeal decision in the on-going clash between Interflora and Marks & Spencer – Interflora Inc v Marks & Spencer PLC ([2013] EWCA Civ 319, April 5 2013) relating to the use of Adwords in Internet search results. The latest decision repeats the […]