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Patents
Sunrise period extended over concerns about access to court’s case management system | New period and start date announced by Klaus Grabinski and Johannes Karcher | Full details of new timings. 5 December 2022
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UK has been outside the scope of EU-registered designs since 1 January, 2021 | Investors “increasingly keen” to see design rights and other IP is properly protected say report’s authors. 5 December 2022
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Custom data analysis for WIPR uncovers ‘surprising’ growth of sustainable food tech sector | AI, blockchain and 5G thought likely to spur innovation in agrarian tech | Clarivate. 2 December 2022
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New addition comes from Fieldfisher | Practice will extend across the US, UK and Continental Europe | renewables and cleantech. 2 December 2022
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Few UK patent cases reach trial and of those, many claimants end up disappointed. Richard Kempner of Haseltine Lake Kempner outlines how UK patent owners can triumph. 2 December 2022
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Report finds that only small number of patent infringement cases reach trial | Costs of UK litigation cited by lawyers as key barrier | Mewburn Ellis | Finnegan | Haseltine Lake & Kempner | Bird & Bird. 1 December 2022
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EU-wide ‘repair clause’ of significance to car repair sector | Clause to have legal effect for future designs | Commission aiming for simplification of processes. 1 December 2022
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Major offshore wind turbine design at centre of dispute | Turbine “does not fall within the scope of Siemens’ patent,” ruled Judge Meade | Decision is latest of several patent quarrels between the two firms. 1 December 2022
Trademarks
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a senior trademark and design attorney to launch a new filing and prosecution practice in Europe. 30 November 2022
Copyright
The UKIPO is finally revamping its systems to streamline the IP rights application process, and is calling on customers to inform this transformation, deputy director of rights policy Mike Prior tells Sarah Speight. 30 November 2022
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