Background The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann GbR (‘KaiKai’) filed a multiple design application for the registration of 12 community designs with the EUIPO on 24 October 2018, claiming priority based on a patent application (PCT/EP2017/077469) filed on 26 October...
The UPC’s rules of procedure provide that when deciding whether to grant a preliminary injunction, the court may require the party applying for the preliminary injunction to show with a “sufficient degree of certainty” that the patent in question is valid and...
Priority Historically, the EPO have assessed formal entitlement to priority quite strictly. In scenarios where a priority application is filed by joint applicants, all of them, or their respective successors in title, must be named on the subsequent priority claiming...
Background Early in 2020 (as the Covid-19 pandemic began), Thatchers launched its Cloudy Lemon Cider, which was also registered as a trade mark in the United Kingdom. The packaging of this canned beverage is shown below: Two years later, Aldi launched a similar cloudy...
The EPO fee changes effective 1 April 2024 (announced here) appear to be more than the usual inflationary increase of official fees. Rather, there appears to be a restructuring which, according to the EPO, will “include reductions for small companies and even the...
Background Dr Thaler filed two UK patent applications, one for a new food/beverage container and another for a new light beacon. As part of the application process, Form 7’s were filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) stating that the inventor for...
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