Events
EIP shortlisted for four Managing IP Awards
EIP has been shortlisted in four categories in the Managing IP Awards EMEA 2022. EIP is again nominated in the United Kingdom Patent Contentious Firm of the Year award, which it has previously won for the past four years. For the first time EIP is al...
Digital event: Plausibility - The approach in the EPO in the UK
Join us for a digital event on the 30 March. Join EIP Partners Gareth Probert and Matt Jones who will be leading a discussion about plausibility in the context of inventive step. In particular, Gareth will discuss the position before the European Pate...
We’re attending CIPA’s 2021 Life Sciences Conference
Our Life and HealthTech Practice Groups will attend CIPA’s Life Sciences Conference on the 29 November. The conference is the UK’s preeminent life sciences event which will provide the opportunity for patent and IP professionals active in the pharma, ...
Hybrid event: Healthcare Innovation & Strategy Series - IP Strategy Beyond Drafting Patents
We would like to invite you to join us for the second part of our life science and medtech event on 09 November where we will continue to explore upcoming trends in IP and healthcare. This event will highlight the increasing application of microbiome ...
EIP turns 21!
Earlier this month EIP celebrated turning 21 with a special event at the Museum of London. The evening was a chance for EIP colleagues past and present who have contributed to the firm’s success to reflect over the past two decades. To mark the occasi...
Hybrid Event: Healthcare Innovation & Strategy Series - Healthcare is Getting Personal!
We would like to invite you to join us for our largest ever life science and medtech hybrid event on 14 October where we will be exploring upcoming trends in IP and healthcare. This event will explore the continuing trend of providing personalised hea...
Digital event: Amendment in Patent Proceedings – EPO Boards, UK and Germany
Join us for a digital event on the 1 September. Join EIP Partners Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky, Matt Jones and Monika Rai for a review of the approach taken by the EPO Technical Boards compared and contrasted with that of National Courts in Germany and th...
Digital event: Reality check for patenting computer-implemented simulations at the EPO
Join us for a digital event on the 2 June. In its decision G1/19 (Simulations), the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) addresses the patentability of computer-implemented simulations. In this webinar, hosted by David...
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Patent enablement in the UK – the judgments in the Regeneron and Illumina cases
Join us for a digital event on the 21 April where we will be covering what you need to know about the requirement of patent enablement in the UK – the Supreme Court decision in Regeneron and the High Court decision in Illumina. In June 2020 the UK Sup...
Digital event: What you need to know about the new EPO Guidelines for Examination
Join us for a digital event on Tuesday 30th March covering what you need to know about the new EPO Guidelines and current EPO practice. This webinar hosted by Gareth Probert and Darren Smyth will give you a practical guide to the changes in how biotec...
The 2020 CIPA Life Sciences Webinars
Head of EIP HealthTech practice, Gareth Probert, spoke at the CIPA Life Sciences conference providing an update on the effects of COVID-19 on EPO practices this year. Gareth discussed the ongoing variations from ‘normal’ operation, and most significant...
BioWednesday Webinar Report: Enabling Access to Medical Technologies - Compulsory Licensing, TRIPS and FRAND
On 20th May 2020 EIP Life partners Andy Sharples and Monika Rai joined One Nucleus’ BioWednesday webinar. EIP have created an event report that covers the webinar in more detail. The report covers: The TRIPS Agreement and Compulsory Licencing FRAN...
EIP partners join One Nucleus for BioWednesday webinar
This Wednesday, 20th May, EIP Life partners Andy Sharples and Monika Rai will speak at One Nucleus’ BioWednesday webinar on ‘Enabling Access to Medical Technologies - Compulsory Licensing, TRIPS and FRAND’. Andy and Monika will be joined by Universit...
EIP discusses international patents with high growth tech GCs
Today in Boston Matt Maitland will speak at a TechGC roundtable lunch on the theme of understanding the importance of an international IP strategy. The event will be attended by a small group of GCs from high growth tech companies and be co-led by Ma...
Heather McCann presents to NatWest entrepreneurs
Partner Heather McCann will be a guest speaker at the London NatWest Business Entrepreneur Accelerator Hub on 19 February talking about how to “PowerUp your IP”.
EIP to host discussion on EU Copyright Directive
Next week EIP is hosting a roundtable breakfast discussion on 'Understanding the impact of the EU Copyright Directive on US businesses'. The discussion will address recent developments in Copyright law in the European Union, especially Article 17, an...
EIP to host IP Out event
EIP will host its first IP Out event on 23 January 2020. IP Out is the IP Inclusive community of LGBT+ people and their allies working within the IP professions. In this event, David Stone, global head of IP at Allen & Overy, will talk about his...
EIP attend CIPA Life Sciences Conference 2019
Partner Andrew Sharples, head of EIP Life, and senior associate Tim Belcher will be attending the CIPA Life Sciences Conference in Brighton from 11-12 November.
Darren Smyth attends APAA 2019
Partner Darren Smyth will be attending the 70th Council Meeting of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) in Taipei from 9-12 November and presenting at the Design Committee Meeting on “Strategies for Representation of Designs at the EUIPO”.
EIP host Roundtable on Brands and IP
EIP hosted a roundtable discussion on the topic of brands and intellectual property with South West companies from the worlds of professional sport, consumer products, engineering and the creative industries. Trademark Attorney Nora Fowler was joined...
EIP joins UCL IBIL conference in Tokyo
Head of EIP Legal, Gary Moss, will moderate a panel at the UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) conference taking place in Tokyo on 7th & 8th November. Panellists from Avanci, Toyota, NTT Docomo, and ZTE Corporation will join Gary to di...