European trade mark attorneys James Cornish and Oliver Spies will be attending the autumn Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG) conference in Lisbon, Portugal from 5-8 October 2022.

Page White Farrer hosted an event during Leeds Digital Festival 2022 explaining how to realise the potential of your intellectual property.

From 20-23 September 2022, partner and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney Taryn Byrne will be attending the MARQUES Annual Conference in Madrid.

We have updated our useful map showing the options for registering a patent across 44 European states under the European Patent Convention as the European Patent Organisation welcomes Montenegro to its growing number of member states from 1 October 2022.

On 15 September 2022, the team was at Leeds Digital Careers Festival sharing the vast range of opportunities available in the intellectual property sector with students, graduates and others looking to explore options for a career in digital technologies.

On 13 September, Roona Deb will be joining senior executives and other professionals working in biotech, biopharma, medtech, and digital health at Biotech Buddies.

Yes, you can patent an app. We are often asked this question by app developers, and many find that answer surprising because there is a myth that it is not possible to obtain a patent for computer code.

Business startups may wonder whether or not to invest in patents and trade marks. Then, how do they find a patent attorney who understands their invention and can help them translate it into business value via intellectual property protection?

Tech entrepreneurs and startups are invited to join our IP cocktail masterclass on 22 September 2022.

Senior associate Andrew McKinlay has participated in an episode of LIFICAST, a podcast series in association with Leeds International Festival of Ideas, exploring the topic ‘Is the metaverse our future reality?’

Upon the grant of a European patent, a parallel national German patent will normally lose its effect within the overlapping scope of both patents.

European, UK and Finnish patent attorney, Juha-Pekka Ruuskanen will be attending the 2022 AIPPI World Congress in San Francisco from 10-13 September 2022.

Taryn Byrne has successfully assisted Iceland Spring EHF, an Icelandic spring water company, to defend its brand from attack by Iceland Foods Limited, the owner of the ICELAND mark and the well-known chain of supermarkets.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its summary of findings from its consultation on whether the ecosystem around Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) is functioning efficiently and effectively.

Our patent attorneys in Munich were recently successful in defending the patent of a client for machinery used in the food production industry after it was challenged on the basis of prior use, and despite the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) accepting the flimsiest of evidence for the prior use.

Global blockchain technology company nChain has leapfrogged over the likes of tech giant IBM and Alipay (Alibaba’s mobile payment platform) to take fifth place in the league table of companies ranked worldwide for blockchain patent applications in 2021 with the help of Page White Farrer*.

The process of setting up the Unified Patent Court is gaining momentum after a number of significant decisions were made at the meeting on 8 July 2022.

On 3 October 2022, amendments to Canadian Patent Rules will come into force, introducing changes to patent prosecution in Canada.

On 17 June 2022, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement to suspend patent protection for the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines with the aim of increasing access to Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries.

The EPO Legal Board of Appeal issued a decision (J 8/20) in December 2021 to dismiss an appeal against a decision to refuse a patent application the basis that the designation of inventor named ‘DABUS’, an AI system, as the inventor.

Innovate UK are today launching a new series of grants totaling £30 million. The Fast Start: Innovation Grants application process is open for entry to innovative UK small and micro-businesses from 11 to 26 July 2022.

Partner Roona Deb attended the Tech & Beer Summer Party at the Bradfield Centre, Cambridge Science Park on 7 July 2022.

Congratulations to European Patent Attorney Thomas Mahon was has received this excellent testimonial from a client.

On Wednesday 22 June 2022, David Williams will be attending the Cambridge Wireless Technology and Engineering Conference.

Interested in how you can protect your intellectual property and maximise the value of your tech innovation?

If you have invested in a trade mark for your brand anywhere in Europe, then you will want to maximise its power and ensure that potential competitors do not infringe your valuable intellectual property to take advantage with their marketing initiatives. James Cornish, at Page White and Farrer, has created this handy flow chart for brand owners to explain how to oppose or defend a trade mark application in the EU.

If you have invested in a trade mark for your brand, then you will want to maximise its power and ensure that potential competitors do not creep too close and infringe your valuable intellectual property with their marketing initiatives. James Cornish has created this handy flow chart for brand owners to explain the process of opposing or defending a trade mark application in the UK.

Trying to obtain an EU trade mark? Track your trade mark throughout the process and know when key decisions need to be made by downloading our free guide.

Download our free guide to the UK trade mark process for brand owners. Our handy flow chart explains the roles of the trade mark attorney and the UK Intellectual Property Office, and also which key decisions will be required by the brand owner.

The EU trade mark process may be daunting to an overseas attorney who is new to it so we have put together this handy flow chart to give you a set by step guide to protecting brand identity in the EU.

The UK trade mark process may be daunting to an overseas attorney who is new to it so we have put together this handy flow chart to give you a set by step guide to protecting brand identity in the UK.

If you are considering filing a patent first in the UK, then abroad, our infographic outlines the key stages of the process and the timeline – taking you from initial consultation, through the UK filing and then on into securing protection in other jurisdictions.

In an article for Intellectual Property Magazine, European Patent Attorney Olaf Ungerer examines the complexity of the IoT landscape, and he explores why patent pools offer an attractive solution for complex IoT products by reducing transaction costs for licensors and implementers and potentially reducing aggregate royalty. This article arises from the “Contribution to the Debate on SEPs” (E03600), published January 2021, by the Group of Experts on Licensing and Valuation of Standard Essential Patents advising the European Commission.

Standardisation patents are heavily focussed on 5G technologies, which is reflected in the number of patent applications being filed. Kelda Style reviews the numbers in Intellectual Property Magazine.

The book 'The Law of Artificial Intelligence' has a chapter on intellectual property and AI written by partners Tom Woodhouse and Virginia Driver. You can read a preview of the key topics they explore in the chapter by the contents page inside.

Page White Farrer is working with UK-based Rusty Rabbit International to provide ‘outstanding’ intellectual property services to businesses, entrepreneurs and start ups.

For 12 years, Page White Farrer has worked closely with System1, a UK-based marketing and brand consultant, supporting them in all their trade mark registrations and protecting their intellectual property across the globe.

Page White Farrer have worked closely with Clinova, a UK-based global consumer healthcare company, to build up their IP portfolio and to develop their global IP strategy.

Tom Woodhouse describes how he was supported as a graduate trainee and rapidly rose to become partner with Page White Farrer.

Our client’s company was established in 2010 when the founding entrepreneur recognised that the main sources of news and content were being consumed via individual RSS feeds.