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By Design: How logo can you go?

Many products will feature the manufacturer’s logo to clearly identify the product’s origins. Consequently, most design infringements will take the form of a counterfeit which reproduces the product exactly including the logo, or a lookalike which reproduces some or all of the shape of the product either without the logo or with an alternative logo.

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Claim One – #02 PPH

Joanna Deas and Joseph Lenthall give an insight into the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) System. They explore the benefits as well as the potential drawbacks based on their own experiences of using the PPH system.

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Claim One – #01 EPO Oral Proceedings

Joseph Lenthall and Joanna Deas, Partners in our Chemistry & Life Sciences team discuss oral proceedings before the EPO, focusing on the development of videoconferencing and whether this will be a long term measure.

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Of Molecules & Medicine: Added Subject-Matter at the EPO – Selection from Convergent Lists

The European Patent Office has a reputation for taking a strict approach to the assessment of added subject-matter. Objections can be raised when claim amendments combine features pertaining to different lists of features disclosed in the application as filed.

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World IP Day 2020: Innovation for a Green Future

Making modern day living environmentally sustainable is one of the biggest talking points of the 21st century. Across the globe, world leaders and governments are increasingly recognising the importance of reducing greenhouse emissions and reducing the rate at which we consume natural resources.

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IP Infringement – What is the Liability of a Company’s Directors to Pay the Profits Made by the Company from the Infringement?

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Patent Infringement – Is There Any Room for Subjectivity?

In English law, the construction of patent claims has always been held to be a strictly objective exercise. The meaning of the wording of the claims is viewed through the eyes of the skilled person, and the knowledge and intentions of the alleged infringer is irrelevant to determining whether the alleged infringement falls within the scope of the claims.

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Patents and the Public Interest – When Should a Final Injunction be Refused?

When should a court, having found a patent to be valid and infringed, refuse to grant a final injunction, on grounds that it would not be in the public interest?

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Government Powers to use Third Party IP Rights

In these times of extraordinary government measures, we thought it would be interesting to discuss a recent case that addresses “Crown use” – the government’s ability to use or permit others to use a third party’s IP rights without prior consent from the patentee.