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Webmarking of Products Protected by Registered Designs

The UKIPO have announced that from 1 October 2017 UK registered design owners will have a new option to mark their products with a website link instead of a registered design number. The introduction of webmarking brings registered designs in line with a similar change in the law for UK patents which has been in place since 1 October 2014, and a similar approach which has been successful in the United States. This change does not apply to Registered Community Designs.

Corporation Tax Deductions – Taking Advantage of Patent Box

Following the departure of several high-tech companies from the UK, in 2009 the UK Government decided to introduce a tax relief initiative known as Patent Box. The Patent Box regime allows UK companies (including subsidiaries and overseas territories) to take advantage of an effective reduction in the rate of corporation tax to as low as 10% for worldwide income that arises from the exploitation of inventions that benefit from certain IP rights. As of 1 April 2013, companies have been able to elect in to the Patent Box regime.

Reference Numerals Can Affect Claim Construction

In an application to revoke EP(UK)1355604 a key question to be answered was the meaning in the claims of the terms “vent sites” and “bond sites”. Both terms were used interchangeably in the associated patent specification and both terms were given the same reference numeral 100.

Still Painful for Pfizer

Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa, 4 - 6 October, San Diego

UK Court Decision Kills Keepalive Patent

SIPO Formalises Revisions to its Patent Examination Guidelines

All-Energy® 2017, Glasgow

Unified Patent Court – December Launch Date?