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Darren Smyth blogs for Spicy IP about Glivec decision
15 May 2013 in Newsflashes

Glivec decision raises issues over senior courts ruling in patent cases
10 May 2013 in Newsflashes

Nestec SA & Ors v Dualit Ltd & Ors: Poisonous Priority
09 May 2013 in Newsflashes

Omnipharm v Merial – winner gets it spot-on
23 April 2013 in Newsflashes

Resolution Chemicals Ltd v H. Lundbeck A/S: SPCs and privity
18 April 2013 in Newsflashes

Have your say on IPO fast track trademark opposition procedure
15 April 2013 in Newsflashes

Three ways of improving the RCD system
15 April 2013 in Newsflashes

RCDs – use of dotted lines in representations
12 April 2013 in Newsflashes

So when is a patent claim too broad?
27 March 2013 in Newsflashes

Alcon puts the brakes on patent protection for AP Racing due to added matter
25 March 2013 in Newsflashes

Added matter and omnibus claims: a UK perspective
12 March 2013 in Newsflashes

HHJ Birss sees through Bristan’s excuses
28 February 2013 in Newsflashes

Preventing use of disclosure outside litigation - appropriate undertakings for the confidentiality club
22 February 2013 in Newsflashes

Losing the Right to Use Your Own Name – The Cipriani Saga
20 February 2013 in Newsflashes

Simon Stanes blogs for The IPKat on the cancellation of Innocent smoothie trademarks
12 February 2013 in Newsflashes

CJEU decides on “business as usual” after ONE-L of a fight
25 January 2013 in Newsflashes

Darren Smyth makes inaugural post as IPKat blogger
23 January 2013 in Newsflashes

Simon Stanes blogs for The IPKat on the Budweiser dispute
22 January 2013 in Newsflashes

Obvious to try in all but name?
18 December 2012 in Newsflashes

ZYNGA hit triple word score as Mattel’s Scrabble tile claim fails
30 November 2012 in Newsflashes

Court of Appeal puts an end to lawyers creating confusion
29 November 2012 in Newsflashes

Needles in the UK Patents County Court
26 September 2012 in Newsflashes

High Court confirms that it is not fine for Spicerhaart to continue using “FINE”
25 September 2012 in Newsflashes

Antibody claims held sufficient, but how valuable will they be?
19 September 2012 in Newsflashes

SPCs for Antibodies: A CJEU reference probably but not immediately
17 September 2012 in Newsflashes

No way Round BMW’s rights – upgrade is not repair
11 September 2012 in Newsflashes

Confusion in the marketplace: “Woolley” licences and misrepresentation
28 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Three new UK IPO decisions demonstrate the wide commercial applicability of registered designs
24 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Design right re-design – an opportunity for UK business to shape design protection to suit its needs
22 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Gimex v Chill Bag: does the indication of the product in a registered design affect validity and infringement?
20 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Adducing evidence of confusion in trademark actions – a further move towards tighter control of witness gathering exercises?
09 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Exceptions to the privilege of self-incrimination
07 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser -Busch Inc [2012] EWCA Civ 880 (03 July 2012)
01 August 2012 in Newsflashes

Patentability of computer programs - High Court judgment gives rise to useful examples of a “technical effect”
31 July 2012 in Newsflashes

IPKat: Further analysis of Generics (t/a Mylan) v Yeda and Teva
18 July 2012 in Newsflashes

IPKat: Ruling in Generics (t/a Mylan) v Yeda and Teva
11 July 2012 in Newsflashes

Samsung victorious in dispute with Apple over tablet computers
09 July 2012 in Newsflashes

Confidential Information, In house lawyers and former employees – who has the burden of proof?
05 July 2012 in Newsflashes

Darren Smyth's time as IPKat guest blogger comes to an end
02 July 2012 in Newsflashes

IPO seeks views on helping SMEs get value from their IP
25 June 2012 in Newsflashes

Apple v Samsung tablet design case latest
20 June 2012 in Newsflashes

23andMe's first patent causes a rift with customers
19 June 2012 in Newsflashes

Referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal over procedural matters: a good use of EBA resources?
18 June 2012 in Newsflashes

Smith & Nephew v Convatec Technologies
15 June 2012 in Newsflashes

'Tomato' patent case at the EPO results in second referral to the Enlarged Board
07 June 2012 in Newsflashes

Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp [2012] EWPCC 13 – guidance on litigation before the Patents County Court
20 April 2012 in Newsflashes

Registered Community Designs: reasons for refusal
19 April 2012 in Newsflashes

Sanofi-Aventis patents on cancer drug Taxotere declared invalid
11 April 2012 in Newsflashes

Samsung v Apple tablet battle hits the UK
05 April 2012 in Newsflashes

Poland's law on cheap drugs declared contrary to EU law
03 April 2012 in Newsflashes

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech Inc
29 March 2012 in Newsflashes

AstraZeneca patent revoked for obviousness
29 March 2012 in Newsflashes

UK Government confirms Patent Box scheme
27 March 2012 in Newsflashes

EPO publishes draft version of revised Guidelines for Examination 2012
26 March 2012 in Newsflashes

Compulsory licensing in India – Must products be manufactured locally?
16 March 2012 in Newsflashes

TRIPS and compulsory licensing
15 March 2012 in Newsflashes

India grants first compulsory licence
14 March 2012 in Newsflashes

Scientific publishing: learned society journals v commercial alternatives
09 March 2012 in Newsflashes

EPO Boards of Appeal: recent decisions
05 March 2012 in Newsflashes

Owning Community registered design provides no protection from infringement proceedings
02 March 2012 in Newsflashes

EPO and Google launch patent translation service
29 February 2012 in Newsflashes

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd v Medimmune Ltd & Anor – Self-perpetuating references to the CJEU
24 February 2012 in Newsflashes

Colour and Composition: Just how relevant are they?
23 February 2012 in Newsflashes

Legitimate to improve your position in litigation by obtaining a new trademark registration – confirmation by UK Court of Appeal
17 February 2012 in Newsflashes

IPKat: Latest posts by Darren Smyth
13 February 2012 in Newsflashes

IPKat: Catalogue of Interest from the EPO
02 February 2012 in Newsflashes

Crystal polymorph patenting becomes more difficult in Europe
17 January 2012 in Newsflashes

All in the American mind? US and UK take different approaches to assessing mental act exclusions
21 December 2011 in Newsflashes

M&S v Interflora – the latest CJEU ruling on the use of keywords
14 December 2011 in Newsflashes

Patent Box moves a step closer
25 November 2011 in Newsflashes

Industrial applicability, patents and the Supreme Court: HGS v Eli Lilly
23 November 2011 in Newsflashes

Disclaimers (G 2/10)
18 November 2011 in Newsflashes

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Precluded From Patentability
02 November 2011 in Newsflashes

Copyright wars over Stormtrooper helmet
18 October 2011 in Newsflashes

Have your say: design right protection - effective or not?
17 October 2011 in Newsflashes

All in the Mind? UK High Court Endorses Narrow Criteria for Patentability Exclusion
12 October 2011 in Newsflashes

Bitter battle for the Yorkshire rose
26 September 2011 in Newsflashes

The Importance of Being Registered: The Effect of Non-Registration of an Exclusive Licence
26 August 2011 in Newsflashes

Interpreting Swiss claims: Ranbaxy (UK) Limited and AstraZeneca AB
16 August 2011 in Newsflashes

You may take my company and my trademarks, but you cannot take my name
15 August 2011 in Newsflashes

Prior use rights and wrongs
11 August 2011 in Newsflashes

SPCs: When does a patent protect a product?
10 August 2011 in Newsflashes

Lundbeck v Infosint: The importance of registering assignments
01 July 2011 in Newsflashes

Albert Packaging v Nampak Cartons: we didn’t copy your design, right?
01 July 2011 in Newsflashes

What’s in the Patent Box? An update
16 June 2011 in Newsflashes

EPO and ITU cooperate to improve transparency in patents and ICT standards
27 May 2011 in Newsflashes

Reconciling national measures for EU-wide CTM enforcement
24 May 2011 in Newsflashes

Merck v Teva: Time to be obvious
20 May 2011 in Newsflashes

The Hargreaves Review: Destinations without Routes
19 May 2011 in Newsflashes

Latest on Virgin Atlantic flat-bed seat patent dispute
16 May 2011 in Newsflashes

Anheuser-Busch v Budvar
05 May 2011 in Newsflashes

Cross undertaking for damages negated by extra-national infringement
26 April 2011 in Newsflashes

Making or Repairing? Schütz v Werit and the ‘Whole Inventive Concept’ Test
20 April 2011 in Newsflashes

When is a transmission not a transmission?
14 April 2011 in Newsflashes

Keyword advertising and trademark infringement: The Advocate General's opinion
11 April 2011 in Newsflashes

Post-sale confusion is relevant and potentially damaging
23 March 2011 in Newsflashes

To be, or not to be, that is the European patent
22 March 2011 in Newsflashes

Post-grant amendment, Court discretion and narrowing scope for wider rights
18 March 2011 in Newsflashes

Registering Trademarks To Improve Your Position In Litigation
04 March 2011 in Newsflashes

Counterfeits in Transit: The Advocate General's Opinion
28 February 2011 in Newsflashes

The latest dispatches from the Budweiser wars
25 February 2011 in Newsflashes

Put up or shut up: Nokia vs IPCom
23 February 2011 in Newsflashes