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Address for Service for UK IP Rights

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Ian Tollett

Trade Marks General IP

When the UK left the EU, the Intellectual Property Office created UK comparable registrations derived from EU trade marks and designs. Updates to the UKIPO address for service policy relating to these comparable rights are coming into force from 1 January 2024, details of which can be found below. Failure to have a correctly appointed UK address fo...

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Breaking News - DABUS granted Right to Appeal UK Judgement

Friday, 04 December 2020

Jonathan Exell

Patents AI

We are delighted that the UK Court of Appeal has today granted Dr Thaler the right to appeal the DABUS decision, which involves the important issue of patentability of inventions created by AI systems. Williams Powell is handling the DABUS patent applications as well as the UK and EPO appeals. The cases had been rejected by the UK High Court. The o...

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