by | Jun 24, 2025 | Trademarks
Background In 2021, Transport for London (TfL) applied to register “MIND THE GAP” as a UK trade mark. The phrase is long associated with the London Underground and is used as a warning for passengers to be cautious when boarding and alighting from the trains. The...
by Sean Hutchinson | Jun 18, 2025 | EPO
Headnote Summary In case G 1/24, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (“EPO”) had been asked to answer the following questions: “Question 1 Is Article 69(1), second sentence, EPC and Article 1 of the Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69...
by Chloe Sullivan | Jun 17, 2025 | US & International
The Federal Circuit held that, although the defendant (Ingenico) had previously challenged IOENGINE’s patents in IPRs, they were not precluded from relying on product prior art and printed publications related thereto to prove the claimed invention was known or used...
by Vicky Colley | Jun 13, 2025 | News
We are delighted to announce that Schlich has once again been listed in the IAM Patent 1000 rankings, for patent prosecution in the United Kingdom. In addition, Schlich attorneys George Schlich, Juliette Boynton, David Eyre, Michael Hutchins, Simon Wright, Andrew...
by David Eyre | Jun 10, 2025 | UPC
The jurisprudence of the United Patent Court (UPC) is relatively new. Thus, a question of ongoing interest is to what extent the UPC will follow the jurisprudence of the European Patent Office (EPO) and/or one of the UPC member states was not fully known. The...
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