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EIP celebrated winning two awards at the prestigious Managing IP Awards last night – UK Firm of the Year for Patent Contentious and Europe Cross-border Telecoms Patent Team of the Year.

Today in Boston Matt Maitland will speak at a TechGC roundtable lunch on the theme of understanding the importance of an international IP strategy.

EIP has been shortlisted in two categories in the Managing IP Awards 2020.EIP is one of seven firms nominated in the United Kingdom Patent Contentious Firm of the Year award.

After the EU General Court upholds a decision of the Board of Appeal to refuse registration of the mark CANNABIS STORE AMSTERDAM on the grounds of being contrary to accepted principles of morality,...

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 has been highlighted as one of the world’s leading trademark specialists in the 2020 edition of the WTR 1000.Researchers for the WTR 1000, published annually by World Trademark Review,...

EIP today announces the appointment of partner Colin Lobban from an in-house role at Dyson.Colin has 20 years of experience in IP both in senior roles at Dyson and in private practice at two IP firms...

EIP today announces the appointment of partner Gareth Probert from HGF where he was head of the firm’s Nottingham office.Gareth has spent more than 20 years in the IP profession with 10 years in...

Mental health is now front of mind at EIP after ten members of staff qualified as Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs).The group includes at least one member from each UK office and representatives...

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...

EIP secured a significant victory for its client Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à r.l. (Conversant) in its longstanding mobile telecommunications Standard Essential Patent (SEP) dispute against...

Four EIP associates have been recognised among the UK’s up-and-coming IP practitioners.Patent attorneys Tim Belcher, Gemma Wooden, Felix Hall and solicitor Catherine Howell, have been ranked as...

EIP has been described as “a role model for how to develop a mixed patent practice” in the first ranking of leading UK IP firms published by Juve.

As EU member states grapple with the implementation of the new EU copyright directive, solicitor Jack Dickerson considers what can be done to avoid falling foul of Articles 15 and 17, in this article...

The 2019 edition of the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination in the EPO have been updated to clarify the approach taken for assessing inventive step, removing a contradiction from the...