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EU Brexit paper on IP offers welcome news on supplementary protection certificates, says expert11 Sep 2017

Drugs manufacturers will welcome new proposals on how applications for supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) in the UK submitted prior to, but not processed until after, Brexit, should be handled, an intellectual property (IP) law expert has said. 11 Sep 2017

China patent activity grows by almost 20% 08 Sep 2017

Patent activity in China rose by nearly 20% over the past year to 170,000 operations, China's state council has reported. 08 Sep 2017

Out-Law Guides

Patent Box Regime (entrants on or after 1 July 2016)

This guide was updated in May 2017
Patent box regime (entrants before July 2016)

This guide was updated in May 2017.
Patents: obtaining patent protection outside of the UK

A patent is granted by a national patent office and will only give you monopoly rights in the country in which it is granted. There is no such thing as an international patent.
Patents: the basics

This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in January 2012.
Opinions of the UK Intellectual Property Office

Sorting out disputes can take ages. Especially complicated ones, like patent disputes. To take a case to court, you will need lawyers – solicitors and barristers – and probably an expert to give evidence to back up your case. The ultimate outcome will be justice...

New details confirm the complexity of the legal challenge to Germany's ratification of the Unified Patent Court reforms, says expert 23 Aug 2017

Businesses should not expect a speedy resolution to the legal challenge brought in Germany against the Unified Patent Court (UPC) reforms, an expert has said. 23 Aug 2017

Shanghai establishes intellectual property protection centre 28 Jul 2017

A national intellectual property rights protection service centre in Shanghai aims to shorten the patent application process and enhance intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China, China News has reported. 28 Jul 2017

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Expertise in Patents

We see patents as a business tool. Our dedicated team of patent specialists advise clients from a range of industries on how to: secure market exclusivity for their inventions; access new markets through licensing technologies or challenging blocking patents; and, maximise the value of their innovation through strategic patent portfolio management and exploitation.

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