Intellectual property news and updates

The UK will leave the EU at 23.00 GMT today, and enter into a transition period currently due to end on 31 December 2020.

In January, a US court has overturned a jury's verdict that would have seen Nintendo pay out $10 million in damages.

Following up from our article on the listing of a computer program as the inventor of a patent the UKIPO has now come to a decision as to whether a non-human can be listed as an inventor

The European Patent Office Boards of Appeal has held a hearing on the validity of a patent on aspects of CRISPR technology.

Can a new defence be introduced at the appeal stage of a trade mark cancellation?

We take a look at the key findings from the European Patent Office that demonstrate how SMEs take advantage of European patents to grow their business internationally.

An update on the German ratification of the UPC.

We provide the background, a summary and give our take on the recent case of AMS Neve v Heritage Audio at the CJEU.

We provide a brief update on the potential impact of a No-Deal Brexit on intellectual property in the UK.

The Supreme Court recently gave its judgment in the long-running employee compensation case of Shanks v Unilever Plc.