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Bulletins
8 November
2021
Bulletins
Reheating The UPC
The UPC Preparatory Committee met on 27 October 2021, and it seems that preparations for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are warming up again. Those with long memories will recall that, for many EU contracting states, the UPC will provide a single court for litigation of European patents, rather than having to rely on separate... 
2 November
2021
Bulletins
Trick or Treat? UK Government asks for views on AI inventorship
Hot on the heels of the UK Court of Appeal judgement in Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents (reported in our previous bulletin), and as promised in the UK Government’s response to the call for views on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) earlier in the year, the UK Government has now launched a...
13 October
2021
Bulletins
Das Europäische Einheitspatent kommt
Das Europäische Patent mit einheitlicher Wirkung biegt langsam auf die Zielgerade ein. Nachdem das Bundesverfassungsgericht in Deutschland die Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen das im zweiten Anlauf vom Bundestag mit der erforderlichen Zweidrittelmehrheit verabschiedete Zustimmungsgesetz zurückgewiesen hatte, erfolgte im September durch Deutschland konsequenterweise die Hinterlegung der „Ratifikationsurkunde für das Protokoll über die vorläufige Anwendung zum Übereinkommen über ein...
13 October
2021
Bulletins
The Unitary Patent is coming
The European Unitary Patent is slowly entering the home straight. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany rejected the constitutional complaint against the Approval Act, and the Approval Act was passed by the German Bundestag with the required two-thirds majority at the second attempt. Consequently, in September, Germany ratified the Protocol on the Provisional Application of...
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BWT Boult Bite TM Magazine Spring 2021
Welcome to the Spring edition of boult.bites. Inside this issue you will find our main article: Brexit four months on, which discusses getting to grips with the changes and challenges of the UK in its post-EU landscape. You will also find: Insight articles and team news, including our staying connected staff profile on Katharina Baker, a trade mark attorney in our London office.
boult.bites TM Brexit Edition 2021
In this Brexit special edition of boult.bites TM we discuss the impact of post Brexit within the IP world. We have included a check list with key steps you should consider for rights holders.
Brexit latest including a summary of the post Brexit changes on and our Brexit news articles covering recent major changes that affect pending actions at the EUIPO before 31 December 2020, use and reputation in the UK going forward and changes to geographical indications from 1 January 2021.
Welcome to the Autumn edition of boult.bites TM. In this issue, we discuss the important changes to trade mark and design rights in the UK and the steps you can take. We highlight our readiness for the new Brexit world, having full-service offices in the UK, Germany, and Spain And, we throw the spotlight on Alexander Stolz, a German Solicitor in our Berlin office.
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