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Maximising The EPO's Fee Reductions For Micro-Entities

On 1 April 2024, the European Patent Office (EPO) introduced a new fee reduction scheme for micro-entities (announced in the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 January 2024 concerning fee-related support measures for small entities; Rule 7a(3) and (4) EPC)

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UPC Grants Ex-Parte Order For Evidence Gathering At Trade Fair

The Düsseldorf Local Division granted an ex-parte inspection and preservation of evidence order in case UPC_CFI_834/2025, allowing Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. to inspect robot vacuum...

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

ENERJO And SkyKick: The Boundaries Of Bad Faith And The Future Of Broad Filings

The UKIPO's decision in SE Bicycles Company Ltd v Cashflow Corporation Ltd (O/0439/25) represents one of the first significant applications of the UK Supreme Court's guidance in SkyKick on bad faith.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

M&C In The News: Why Intellectual Property Must Help Power The UK's Green Jobs Revolution

As the UK sets out to double clean energy employment to 860,000 jobs by 2030, intellectual property (IP) is emerging as a strategic engine for long-term industrial success.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UPC Spotlight: HP's Swift Injunction On Infringing Printer Cartridges Shows The Power Of Preliminary Measures

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UPC: Unified Patent Court Trade Fair Inspection Strikes Twice

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UK Clones Of EU Trademarks Non-use Cancellations Threaten From 1 January 2026

United Kingdom IP

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Mayer Brown

British Beauty Week - 'The Future Of Beauty' Round Up

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UPC: "More Likely Than Not" Standard Used In Preliminary Finding On Equivalent Infringement

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

A Year On: IP Advance Scheme For SMEs

United Kingdom IP

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Keltie LLP

No BUTTERFLY In BTFY

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

YASA Smashes Records

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

M&C In The News - IP In The Space Economy: Who Really Owns Innovation In Orbit?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Unpicking The Label

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Boult Wade Tennant

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Webinars

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13 Nov 2025 | 3:00 PM

Unlocking IP Department Superpowers: From challenge to opportunity - Success Stories and Best Practices from IP Leaders

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Recorded on 21 Oct 2025 | 12:00 PM

From IPMS to Ecosystem: How APIs & Agentic AI transforms Intellectual Property work

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Recorded on 7 Oct 2025 | 10:00 AM

New Online Child Safety Rules: Stay Compliant, Avoid Risk

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LegalVision

Recorded on 9 Jul 2025 | 2:00 PM

Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

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Walkers

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Video: Licensing Lawyers Visit Derby

Lesley Harper and Jo Soar from our fabulous Licensing team visited Derby, to judge the Best Bar Award in the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards.

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In a third party appeal concerning the "proper scope of redactions of a non-party's confidential information in a FRAND judgment", the Court of Appeal (CoA) has confirmed the test for redaction of confidential information...

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ENERJO And SkyKick: The Boundaries Of Bad Faith And The Future Of Broad Filings

The UKIPO's decision in SE Bicycles Company Ltd v Cashflow Corporation Ltd (O/0439/25) represents one of the first significant applications of the UK Supreme Court's guidance in SkyKick on bad faith.

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UK Clones Of EU Trademarks Non-use Cancellations Threaten From 1 January 2026

Following Brexit, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) automatically converted approximately two million EU trade marks into comparable UK trade marks...

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I had the most wonderful day exploring ‘The Future of Beauty' as part of British Beauty Week. The event brought together leading voices in the industry...

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Kering's Beauty Exit: L'Oréal Snaps Up Division In €4 Billion Deal

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Maximising The EPO's Fee Reductions For Micro-Entities

On 1 April 2024, the European Patent Office (EPO) introduced a new fee reduction scheme for micro-entities (announced in the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 25 January 2024 concerning fee-related support measures for small entities; Rule 7a(3) and (4) EPC)

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Grants Ex-Parte Order For Evidence Gathering At Trade Fair

The Düsseldorf Local Division granted an ex-parte inspection and preservation of evidence order in case UPC_CFI_834/2025, allowing Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. to inspect robot vacuum...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

M&C In The News: Why Intellectual Property Must Help Power The UK's Green Jobs Revolution

As the UK sets out to double clean energy employment to 860,000 jobs by 2030, intellectual property (IP) is emerging as a strategic engine for long-term industrial success.

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Spotlight: HP's Swift Injunction On Infringing Printer Cartridges Shows The Power Of Preliminary Measures

United Kingdom IP

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UPC: Unified Patent Court Trade Fair Inspection Strikes Twice

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Marks & Clerk

UPC: "More Likely Than Not" Standard Used In Preliminary Finding On Equivalent Infringement

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Marks & Clerk

A Year On: IP Advance Scheme For SMEs

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Keltie LLP

YASA Smashes Records

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Marks & Clerk

M&C In The News - IP In The Space Economy: Who Really Owns Innovation In Orbit?

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Marks & Clerk

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