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UK IPO fee rises for patents, trade marks and designs from 1 April 2026
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UK IPO fee rises for patents, trade marks and designs from 1 April 2026
Dr Isabel Blanco – Partner announcement
Boult’s Trade Mark Team is nominated for two awards at the MIP EMEA Awards 2026
An IP guide to Biosimilars
A farewell to Aerotel and a welcome to the “intermediate step” – the Supreme Court weighs in on Emotional Perception
What constitutes individual character and when online marketplaces can be used as prior art
UPC Court fees revision – January 2026
EPO vs UPC: Inventive step
LEGO A/S V. EUIPO – Round 2 – Who is the informed user?
Boult has been featured in the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 for 2026
What’s in a name? Brooklyn Beckham and celebrity names as trade marks
Trends in therapeutic innovation
Gürok Turizm ve Madencilik AŞ (‘Gürok’) vs Olav GmbH (‘Olav’) – a question of quantity versus quality?
Diverging decisions on inventive step: UPC revokes Sanofi’s Cabazitaxel second medical use patent maintained by EPO
Dryrobe avoids “genericide” in High Court decision
How The Grinch won Christmas: character merchandising and IP in Christmas adverts
WIPO announces key updates to the 13th edition of the nice classification system
No ifs, just butts – another slogan dispute for Sweaty Betty
Recording assignments of IP rights worldwide: procedures and pitfalls
A bad beginning makes a bad ending
Dr Isabel Blanco in our Spanish trade marks team has been appointed as a Partner of Boult Wade Tennant Spain, S.L.P.
Boult’s trade mark team has been nominated for Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms).
From 1 January 2026, the UPC has increased its court fees by around 33%, with an additional 10% increase for Court of Appeal value-based fees, reflecting inflation and operational needs.
Boult has once again been featured in the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 for 2026.
Dr Isabel Blanco in our Spanish trade marks team has been appointed as a Partner of Boult Wade Tennant Spain, S.L.P.
Boult’s trade mark team has been nominated for Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms).
From 1 January 2026, the UPC has increased its court fees by around 33%, with an additional 10% increase for Court of Appeal value-based fees, reflecting inflation and operational needs.
Boult has once again been featured in the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 for 2026.