PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS
WE HELP INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES OF ALL shapes and SIZES
Schlich is a unique team of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys based in the South of England. Since 2004, we’ve helped our clients acquire, and defend, their IP assets, helping them to build and grow successful businesses based on their IP assets.
We draft and file patent applications, get them granted and enforce them. We also prepare and file trade mark applications and prosecute them to registration.
To enforce our clients’ rights, we also represent them in court and other inter partes proceedings (and, where necessary, attack and remove competitors’ rights).
Recent Insights
Read the latest news and briefings from the team at Schlich about real cases involving patents, trade marks and designs.
Tang Gold for Asda
Court decisions relating to plant breeders’ rights are rare. This case gives an insight into how the legislation governing this aspect of intellectual property (i.e. the Plant Varieties Act 1997) will be applied.
A Helping Hand: The USPTO Takes the Side of American Manufacturing
USPTO Director John Squires has recently introduced changes to the tests for institution of post-grant review and inter partes review by the USPTO’s PTAB.
When the window moves but the law does not: Motion marks at EUIPO
A recent decision from the General Court offers a clear reminder of how strictly EU law treats motion marks that overlap with the functional aspects of a product. The case is centred on a short animation showing a window opening and closing and an attempt to register this movement as a trade mark at EUIPO.
What is milk? – according to the UK Supreme Court
The UK Supreme Court confirms that the term “milk” cannot be used for plant-based products.
A Precedential Decision by the US Court of Appeal Holds Engineered Host Cells to be Patent Eligible
The US Federal Circuit has reversed a Delaware district court’s finding of patent ineligibility, holding that REGENXBIO’s engineered host cell gene therapy claims are human made inventions, rather than simply a combination of products of nature.
US Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Induced Patent Infringement in the Context of “Skinny Labels”
The case of Hikma v. Amarin is the US Supreme Court’s first opportunity to directly address the carve-out provisions with respect to US law regarding inducement of patent infringement by “skinny label” products being used for patented medical indications.
UK Supreme Court decision – Emotional Perception AI Limited
Big news for UK patent eligibility: the Supreme Court has redrawn the approach to excluded subject matter. The effects will reach far beyond AI cases.
Where to Start? Somewhere Realistic or Promising, Says the EPO!
Another Board of Appeal decision has confirmed that, following G 1/23, a non-reproducible product can be the closest prior art, but adds the non-reproducible nature of the product should be taken into account when deciding whether the claimed solution is obvious.
EXCELLENCE IN PATENT AND TRADE MARK LAW
The Schlich Team
Our clients expect and receive a responsive, friendly, high quality and great value service thanks to our experienced professionals. Our UK and European Patent Attorneys and Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys have a broad range of scientific and technical degrees and Ph.Ds from top UK Universities, and have decades of experience advising at cutting edge of legal and commercial issues and technologies.
We build on our deep experience of prosecution and inter partes proceedings to give the best strategic and practical advice, and to secure the best patent and trade mark protection for our clients’ innovations. Our team does this efficiently, and in a friendly and clear manner, supported by a wider team of highly skilled and experienced legal support staff.
Latest Firm News
James Peel Joins Schlich
We are pleased to announce that we have continued our growth through the acquisition of the long-established Surrey based J. P. Peel & Co Ltd, with effect from 1 February 2026
Simon Wright becomes CIPA President in 2026
We are delighted to announce that Schlich’s very own Simon Wright has begun his term as CIPA president, from 1 January 2026.
New Year Promotions at Schlich
We are delighted to announce that Juliette Boynton has been appointed a Director at Schlich and Sean Hughes has been promoted to Principal.
