News

26/02/10

First non-embryonic stem cell patent granted outside Japan

HLBBshaw Director Richard Bizley and Senior Attorney Marc Wilkinson have achieved recent success in the grant of the...

22/02/10

Recommendations for lessening the burden of costs of intellectual property litigation

As noted in an earlier article, Jackson LJ has been engaged in a review of the entire civil litigation system in...

19/02/10

HLBBshaw to host RNAi workshop

Dr Marc Wilkinson, Senior Attorney, and Dr James Legg, Associate Attorney, from HLBBshaw's Life Sciences Group will...

18/02/10

Don’t let trade mark woes take the shine off the launch of your product.

In today's 'Ask the Experts' feature in The Birmingham Post, Chris Moore talks about the importance of clearance...

10/02/10

HLBBshaw sponsors Cambridge University Entrepreneurs

Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) is a student society within Cambridge University. Each year they run a...

26/01/10

HLBBshaw sponsors Women 4 Technology in 2010

HLBBshaw is sponsoring the "Women 4 Technology" Network in 2010. Women 4 Technology launched in April 2009 as a...

25/01/10

Internet Publications – EP & UK Practice

In February 2008 we published an article entitled “The internet as a source of prior art: the EPO's view”, which...

21/01/10

How the

In today's 'Ask the Experts' feature in The Birmingham Post, Christopher Moore explains what is meant by the "patent...

15/01/10

New countries widely anticipated to join Madrid Protocol International System of Trade Mark Registration in 2010

The International system of trade mark registration known as the Madrid Protocol has long been a popular, cheaper and...

13/01/10

Accelerated prosecution of patent applications at the EPO and UK IPO

Obtaining a patent can seem like a long, drawn-out process, and frequently it is desirable to obtain the patent as...

22/12/09

A practical guide to copyright in computer software

Under UK law, determining who owns and is free to make use of the copyright in a computer program is not always a...

16/12/09

Pre-budget report promises tax relief for patent holders

From an Intellectual Property perspective, there are two relevant facets to the Pre-Budget Report : the introduction of...

15/12/09

Another success for HLBBshaw's Trade Mark Team

In a busy period for HLBBshaw's Trade Mark team, another success in European opposition proceedings at OHIM has been...

11/12/09

HLBBshaw wins action to revoke UK Trade Mark registration

HLBBshaw has won an action to revoke a UK registration for 'THE CARLYLE' based on the fact that it had not been put to...

10/12/09

Infringement of others' IP rights - the importance of awareness of IP law

The following article appears in today's 'Ask the Experts' feature in the Birmingham Post. For full article download...

20/11/09

HLBBshaw competes in Cambridge Fun Run

The Cambridge Fun Run in aid of BBC Children in Need takes place every year on the Cambridge Science Park, this year...

12/11/09

Co-ownership of patents

In today's 'Ask the Experts' feature in the Bitmingham Post, Chris Moore looks at the issues relating to co-ownership...

10/11/09

Around the world in 3D - the advantages and registrability of 3-D marks or ‘shape marks’.

There are many advantages to acquiring trade mark registration for a shape mark. If successful, the registration...

10/11/09

HLBBshaw celebrates 7 years in Cambridge

HLBBshaw celebrated 7 years in Cambridge last night by hosting a ‘Chocolate Tasting’ evening for existing and potential...

02/11/09

Award of costs in proceedings before the comptroller: a case study

The award of costs in proceedings before the comptroller (the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)) is guided by a...