Published: 28. Juli 2025 Celebrating Abacus Lighting’s King’s Award for International Trade We are delighted to congratulate our client, Abacus Lighting, on receiving the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade...
Published: 16. Juli 2025 British and Irish Lions 2025 Tour: Harnessing Innovation for Players and Fans The Lions 2025 Tour to Australia is setting a new standard for data-driven rugby, player well-being and fan...
Published: 4. Juli 2025 European Patent Office clarifies what represents prior art in Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/23 A decision by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has broadened the scope...
Published: 4. Juli 2025 UEFA Women’s EURO 2025: Revolutionising football with Connected Ball Technology The UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 is currently underway and for the first time in Women’s EURO history, the...
Published: 18. Juni 2025 EPO clarifies claim interpretation in Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/24 The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has announced that, while the claims are the basis for assessing the...
Published: 25. April 2025 World IP Day 2025: IP and Music World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated every year on 26 April. This year, the spotlight is on IP...
Published: 15. April 2025 Overview of updates to the Guidelines for examination Updates to the EPO (European Patent Office) Guidelines officially came into force on 1 April 2025. This article...
Published: 4. April 2025 Celebrating exam success at Forresters A number of our trainees are celebrating an excellent set of exam results. We recently received confirmation that...
Published: 18. März 2025 At what point in appeal proceedings can the admissibility of an appeal be questioned? A recent decision (T0458/22) by an EPO Board of Appeal provides fresh guidance as to when arguments directed...
Published: 7. März 2025 BSH v Electrolux: CJEU grants EU courts greater competence for cross-border patent infringement actions The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has declared that EU courts (which includes the Unified...
Published: 5. März 2025 Unified Patent Court’s first decision on infringement by equivalence A recent decision by a Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has set out...
Published: 5. Februar 2025 G2/24 – Can intervening infringers gain “appellant” status? The Enlarged Board of Appeal will decide upon the status granted to intervening infringers in Appeal proceedings, which...