The European patent filing system was created, back in the 1970s, to make it less expensive to gain patent protection across Europe than it had been previously when inventors had no choice but to file applications, duly translated in full …
Patent Offices like the UKIPO are required to recover their costs through charging official fees. As we have discussed at further length in that FAQ, Patent Offices are generally required to cover their costs or even to make a “profit” …
You may have heard that you can still gain a patent if you disclosed your invention to the public at an exhibition. Normally, the disclosure of an invention before you’ve applied for patent protection means that it is no longer …
It is possible to make a patent application and thus to claim a patent pending in a very short period of time – even on the same day that you present your invention to a patent attorney for the first …
If you are in a hurry to gain intellectual property protection for your invention, for example, so that you can begin negotiations with a prospective commercial partner with better protection than you get from a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) alone, you …
As you have already gained a considerable degree of protection when you file your patent application and gain patent pending status, UK patent attorneys are sometimes asked what additional rights they gain when their patent is granted. The single greatest …
Research companies and inventors often ask patent attorneys what they can do if someone else, a competitor, for example, is granted a patent for something that they have been developing independently – or which they are already manufacturing, importing or …
Rosemary Eve, electronics specialists at Brookes Batchellor LLP, will be attending the Business Innovation Group – Kent’s Motoring and Transport Industry Forum, at the Russell Hotel Maidstone, on Friday 30 September 2011. The event features a number of presentations …
The European patent filing system was created, back in the 1970s, to make it less expensive to gain patent protection across Europe than it had been previously when inventors had no choice but to file applications, duly translated in full …
Roy Prentice, a UK and European Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney, recently reflected on changes in the working world of Intellectual Property. Here he adds to those reflections by relating what the examination system for qualification as a patent …
Brookes Batchellor is pleased to announce another successful round of British examinations. Pamela Botell has now passed the final examination required for qualification as a British and European trade mark attorney; Gareth Holliday passed every examination he sat and now …
The London agreement came into force in 2008 and dramatically reduced the cost of European patent protection by providing that translations of European patents were no longer necessarily required by states party to the agreement. The latest news is that …
You can claim to have a “patent pending” as soon as you, or your patent attorney, have filed, or even just posted your patent application – see “How quickly can I get a patent pending” – although some would advise …