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The Recipe For Success: How Food Science Innovators Can Use IP To Retain Their Competitive Edge

Trends in the food and beverage industry can move quickly, and food science and development is a vibrant field of technology with over £5.8bn of investment in 2024, and around 10,000 new products launched annually.

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Boult Wade Tennant

A Snapshot Of The Semaglutide Patent Landscape

Obesity affects over 1.9 billion people worldwide. In 2024, global spend on anti-obesity medication exceeded $30 billion for the first time, which is over a ten-fold increase since 2020...

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

EU Customs Recordals

EU Customs Recordals

European Union IP

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HGF Ltd

Will The UPC Guide The EPO When It Comes To Description Amendments?

We recently reported on the Enlarged Board of Appeal's Decision in G 1/24 that made it clear that the description and drawings must be consulted when interpreting the claims.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Setting Your IP Strategy - Part II: Monetisation Of IP

United Kingdom IP

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Keltie LLP

Rouse In Profile: Juan Samuel Loyola

United Kingdom IP

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Rouse

Can 3D Printing Save Our Oceans?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Striking A New Chord: Will The UK Harmonise With The EPO On Excluded Matter?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UK Court Of Appeal Upholds Moderna MRNA Patent Against Pfizer/BioNTech

United Kingdom IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Generative AI Designs New Antibiotics - But Who Owns The Invention?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Claim Interpretation At The EPO After The Recent Case Law (G 1/24)

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Blockchain And Web3 As A Platform For Innovation – What Are The IP Challenges?

United Kingdom IP

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Murgitroyd

Injunction Covering The UK Highlights The Reach Of The UPC's Long Arm

United Kingdom IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Driving Innovation: IP Protection In The Era Of Automotive Transformation

United Kingdom Transport

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Murgitroyd

In Conversation… Geopolitical Disruption And The Future Of Work, What Does This Mean For Employers? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

When Boundaries Are Crossed: Neighbour Disputes – A Legal Perspective (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

UK To Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights From The 2025 White Paper

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

AI In Healthcare: Turning Awareness Into Action With Risk Assessments

United Kingdom Technology

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NAVEX

Policy In Practice: Labour And Financial Services – Post-Mansion House Speech Reflections (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

AI Versus Cleantech - Collusion Or Collision?

Artificial intelligence and cleantech innovation are both in the news a lot and both are the subject of significant and potentially world-changing innovation...

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Potter Clarkson Launches Landmark Patent Landscape Analysis Of The SynBio Revolution

Synthetic biology – or, more colloquially, using biology to do stuff – is no longer a niche research curiosity. From engineered microbes cleaning up environmental waste to CRISPR-edited cells...

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Can CRISPR And RNAi Help Us Develop New And More Sustainable Fruits And Vegetables?

They allow producers to develop new, more sustainable fruits and vegetables by offering the greater precision producers need to enhance a crop's ability to resist pests and diseases and reduce...

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

Edwards Vs Meril Case At The Unified Patent Court

In this article, Molly Yau looks at the Edwards vs Meril case at the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and explores its procedural implications. Molly draws on her academic background and long-standing interest in cardiovascular...

United Kingdom IP

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Keltie LLP

Launch Of The Biotech And Biomanufacturing Hub

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

CERN Demonstrates Coherent Control Of Antiproton Spin State -- An Antiqubit

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Recording Your IP Rights At Customs

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Patent Statistics In The Cleantech Industry

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

G 1/24 – A New Era Of Claim Interpretation At The EPO?

European Union IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Sustainable Technology Patent Litigation Confirms A Doctrine Of Equivalence In The UPC

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Edwards v. Boohoo: Weaving Through The Challenges Of Unregistered Design Claims In Fast Fashion

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Requirement To Amend Description Referred To EPO Enlarged Board Of Appeal

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

EPO Ruling On Claim Interpretation Will Have Broad Impact

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Edwards v. Boohoo: Weaving Through The Challenges Of Unregistered Design Claims In Fast Fashion

Earlier this year, independent designer Sonia Edwards brought a claim against fast-fashion giant Boohoo before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), alleging infringement of her unregistered design...

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Requirement To Amend Description Referred To EPO Enlarged Board Of Appeal

The Board of Appeal (in T 697/22) has referred a number of questions relating to the European Patent Office (EPO) requirement that the applicant amend the description in line with the claims...

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

EPO Ruling On Claim Interpretation Will Have Broad Impact

Use of Descriptions and Drawings in Claim Interpretation: The Enlarged Board of Appeal decided that the description and drawings accompanying a European patent or patent application should always be consulted...

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

I'm delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Pratt, a Partner at Boult specialising in engineering and designs, and Angela McCleave HR Director. Jonathan Pratt has an active part in overseeing the educational needs...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out?

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

3D Printing Trends In Agritech

In our recently published White Paper, 3DP/IP2025, we mentioned that according to a recent Protolabs Report, 87% of respondents in the agricultural industry...

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

When Will Modifying A Chemical Scaffold Be Inventive? The UK Court Of Appeal Opines In The Xtandi Case

Last week the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Accord and others v Astellas and another.

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Finally: A Referral To The Enlarged Board Of Appeal On Description Amendments

For several years now the European Patent Office (EPO) has insisted upon the adaptation of the description to avoid inconsistencies with amended claims. However, various Boards of Appeal have taken different views...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Adapting The Description Before The EPO: Referral To The Enlarged Board Of Appeal

Yesterday the EPO announced a Technical Board of Appeal has referred questions to the EBA concerning the adaptation of the description...

United Kingdom IP

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Murgitroyd

G1/25 - The EPO Ponders: Are Description Amendments Really Necessary?

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

G1/25 - Patent Consistency Matters

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Referral On EPO Description Amendments Confirmed (G1/25 - "Hydroponics")

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

A Leading Case – Beware Sequence Errors In Patent Claims

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Weights, Biases, And The Scales Of Justice: A Look Inside The Supreme Court Patentability Hearing

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_359/2023

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

I Wouldn't Do That If I Were You: UK IPO Refuses Patent For Use Of Neural Networks To Generate In-game Tips

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Have Crocs Taken A Step Too Far?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_365/2023

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Stop The Press, Literally!

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Understanding The ASEAN Manufacturing Landscape

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Rouse

The Home-made Invention That Led To The Sound Of Black Sabbath, And The Birth Of A New Genre - 'Heavy Metal'

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

A Case Of Bad "Optics"? EU UPC Grants UK Injunction

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UK Approach To Plausibility Remains Unchanged Despite EPO's G2/21

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Trust Your Dentist: Flossing Is Good For You

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

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Marks & Clerk

Lifecycle Of A Smart Idea - The UPC: An 18-Month Round-Up (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Watch Now: Setting Your IP Strategy For 2025 – Strategic Patent And Trade Secret Portfolio Development (Video)

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Keltie LLP

IP Insights: Are UPC Injunctions Subject To Proportionality Considerations? (2024) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Drafting And Prosecuting Applications For Polymorphs Of Drug Compounds At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

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