J A Kemp Webinar: Success in Inventive Step

J A Kemp is a leading firm of European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. We combine independent thinking with collective excellence in all that we do. The technical and legal knowledge that we apply to the protection of our clients’ patents is outstanding in its breadth and depth. With around 100 science and technology graduates in the firm, including 50 PhDs, no area of science or technology is outside our scope. Our Patent Attorneys have collective in-depth expertise in patent law and procedure in every country of the world. The team of professionals who advise our clients on trade mark and design matters have backgrounds in major international law firms and hold qualifications as Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorneys, Solicitors and European Trade Mark Professional Representatives. Dedicated to this specialist area of intellectual property protection, the team has the expertise and resources to protect trade marks and designs in any market worldwide.

Explore Firm Details

This webinar is now available on-demand.

United Kingdom

This webinar is now available on-demand. Click here to access the recording.

In recent case Emson v Hozelock [2020] EWCA Civ 871, the England and Wales court of appeal found that a new and successful garden hose design lacked an inventive step over prior art in the completely different technical field of aerospace. This webinar explores why, in a deep dive on inventive step.

The webinar will detail how inventive step is argued and assessed in the UK and consider how factors such as commercial success and the obscurity of prior art are taken into account through a storyline of EWCA cases. The webinar will also provide practical advice regarding how to argue for and against inventive step in the UK.

This webinar is one of a series of webinars produced by J A Kemp's Engineering and IT group. Other topics covered in the series include:

Contributor

Explore Firm Details

See More Popular Content From