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Inventions

We provide advice on brand protection and comparative advertising issues, and split IP ownership and complex royalty arrangements. Working with a number of Trade Mark Attorneys, our team regularly advise on best practice for safeguarding inventions and registration issues and provide a full intellectual property service covering protection and exploitation of IP rights.

Key team contact

Paul Gershlick
01923 208816
paul.gershlick@mablaw.com

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Samsung seeks injunction to stop Apple iPhone 4S in four countries as Samsung is stopped from selling products for alleged infringement of Apple’s patents

31 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Samsung’s and Apple’s patent tit-for-tat spat continues apace, with Samsung seeking injunctions in Australia, France, Italy and Japan to stop Apple’s sales of the iPhone 4S. Samsung has recently...

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Intellectual Property Office relaxes exception to patentability for computerisation of mental act following recent High Court case

24 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Intellectual Property Office has relaxed the rules relating to the patentability of the computerisation of what would otherwise have been a mental act. This follows a High Court case which had ruled...

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Treasury consults on 10% corporation tax for profits derived from patents

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Treasury is consulting on introducing a new 10% rate of corporation tax for company profits that derive from patents. This is instead of the 26% rate for other corporation tax. The aim is to incentivise...

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Intellectual Property Office consults on Bolar patent exceptions

28 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has started a consultation to investigate concerns over the Bolar exemption under section 60(5)(i) of the Patents Act 1977, which allows the performance of certain...

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European Commission publishes strategy for IP rights

9 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has published its strategy for intellectual property rights. There are some common themes with the Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report - in particular, ensuring that the economy...

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Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report of intellectual property published

6 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Professor Ian Hargreaves has published his report on intellectual property rights that had been commissioned by David Cameron in November last year. His report makes ten recommendations, which include...

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EU moves forward with single patent plans

7 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has published a proposal to have a single patent procedure across the European Union. At the moment, it costs more than €30,000 in translation and other costs to obtain an EU-wide...

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OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has issued its largest fine for an abuse of a dominant position, contrary to the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning...

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Epson issues proceedings to protect patents

15 April 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Epson, the print cartridge manufacturer, has issued proceedings in the High Court against Dynamic Cassette (DC) for alleged infringement of its patents relating to its printer ink cartridges. DC manufactures...

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Picture not so perfect – Shutterfly and Kodak accuse each other of patent infringement

7 January 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Kodak has filed proceedings against Shutterfly, the photo-sharing website, with the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States for the alleged infringement of its patents. In return, Shutterfly...

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