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Swindell & Pearson in Leading Position for Trade Mark Cases
Swindell & Pearson joint top for oral proceedings in trade mark cases at UK Intellectual P...
Swindell & Pearson joint top for oral proceedings in trade mark cases at UK Intellectual Property Office. - Read more
EPO Removes Time Limits for Filing Divisional Applications – Why?
As we previously reported, the European Patent Office (EPO) has decided to abolish the cur...
As we previously reported, the European Patent Office (EPO) has decided to abolish the current 24-month time limits for filing divisional applications. Instead, - Read more
Changes to the Searching of Euro-PCT Patent Applications
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that, from 1st November 2014, patent applic...
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that, from 1st November 2014, patent applicants will be given an opportunity to have an extra European search car - Read more
Swindell & Pearson to exhibit at the M-ITEC – Midlands International Trade Expo and Conference
Swindell & Pearson will be exhibiting at this year’s annual International Trade Expo & Con...
Swindell & Pearson will be exhibiting at this year’s annual International Trade Expo & Conference for a second year. - Read more
Single trans-Tasman Patent Process Approved
Approval of a single patent application and examination process for New Zealand and Austra...
Approval of a single patent application and examination process for New Zealand and Australia has been announced by the government of New Zealand today. - Read more
European Patent Office to Abolish Divisional Deadline
The European Patent Office has announced that the 24 month deadline for filing divisional ...
The European Patent Office has announced that the 24 month deadline for filing divisional patent applications will no longer apply from 1st April 2014. - Read more
Patent Trolls
A new species has recently been discovered inhabiting the world of patents. Called a paten...
A new species has recently been discovered inhabiting the world of patents. Called a patent troll, it prefers to inhabit the lush undergrowth of the US legal sy - Read more
EU Patent - good news or bad news?
There are moves afoot to introduce an EU patent. Is this good news or bad for your busines...
There are moves afoot to introduce an EU patent. Is this good news or bad for your business? - Read more
Successful Opposition Proceedings
Swindell & Pearson have drawn success in opposition proceedings against a potentially very...
Swindell & Pearson have drawn success in opposition proceedings against a potentially very valuable European patent held by one of our client’s competitors. - Read more
Superfast patents – it sounded too good to be true!
Our Spring Newsletter included an article about a consultation being undertaken by the UK ...
Our Spring Newsletter included an article about a consultation being undertaken by the UK Intellectual Property Office on a proposal for a superfast route for p - Read more
Croatia Joins the European Union – What does this mean for Community Trade Marks and Designs?
Croatia joined the European Union on 1st July 2013, bringing the total number of Member St...
Croatia joined the European Union on 1st July 2013, bringing the total number of Member States of the EU to 28. What does this mean for existing Community trade - Read more
Patent advice for innovative product is ‘no sweat’ for Swindell & Pearson
Odegon Technologies, a technical fabric innovator, based in Telford, Shropshire, have deve...
Odegon Technologies, a technical fabric innovator, based in Telford, Shropshire, have developed and commercialised a tag that absorbs odours and may now be foun - Read more