Europe
Nigel Stoate, head of Taylor Wessing's award-winning UK patents team, tells us about his team’s UPC successes and why collaboration is king
Camilla Balleny, who spent a decade at Carpmaels & Ransford, will become the firm’s first head of patent litigation, Managing IP can reveal
Andy Lee, head of IP at Brandsmiths and winner of the Soft IP Practitioner of the Year award, tells us why 2024 was a seminal year and why clients value brave advice
China's latest IP litigation statistics and a high-profile hire by O'Melveny were also among the top talking points this week
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Sponsored by Patrinos & KilimirisEvangelia Sioumala of Patrinos & Kilimiris suggests some of the reasoning applied in a decision by the Greek Trademarks Administrative Committee is not in line with settled EU case law -
Sponsored by Gün and PartnersSelin Sinem Erciyas, Zeynep Çağla Üstün, and Beste Turan of Gün and Partners explain a decision by the Turkish Civil Court for Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights that set an important precedent for the protection of pharmaceutical patent holders’ rights
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Sponsored by InspicosJakob Pade Frederiksen of Inspicos summarises revisions to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal on the cut-off point for appeal case amendments, the issuance of preliminary opinions, and the announcement of decisions
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Sponsored by MaiwaldWhile some observers are of the view that an Enlarged Board of Appeal ruling failed to provide sufficient clarity, Eva Ehlich and Anja Fux of Maiwald say the picture concerning post-published evidence is becoming clearer
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Sponsored by Patrinos & KilimirisEvangelia Sioumala of Patrinos & Kilimiris reports on the rejection of a trademark application on absolute grounds because it was considered to contain a word of high symbolic importance
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Sponsored by MaiwaldSusanna Heurung of Maiwald welcomes a decision by the Board of Appeal regarding the extension of a grace period for use where the applicant’s bad faith was obvious
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