31st Dec 2015
Christmas and New Year is a time well suited for reflection and looking forward. The month of January is said to bear the name of the Roman god Janus, god of beginnings and transitions. With two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward, who else but Janus could have presided over the New Year […]
30th Dec 2015
A Better Idea Of When The UPC Will Open Before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) can open, thirteen countries (which must include UK, France and Germany) need to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. As we reach the end of 2015, eight countries (including France) have ratified the Agreement. This means that if […]
29th Dec 2015
For computer programs to be patentable in Europe and the UK, they must generally address and solve a technical problem. Put into more everyday terms, this means making the computer on which the program is running, or the network in which the computer is situated, into a better computer or network. Most computer simulations are […]
9th Dec 2015
2016 is going to be a big year for changes in trade mark law in the EU, with both a new Trade Marks Directive and a new Community Trade Mark (CTM) Regulation due to come into force in the early part of the year. The Directive will affect national laws, but the EU Member States […]