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Intellectual property experts from across Europe come together in Faro, Portugal for the annual AIPEX Cross-Country meeting

26/04/24 Intellectual property professionals from across the continent came together in Faro, Portugal last week to share knowledge, know-how and best practice at the annual AIPEX CC meeting.

EPO Fee Increases 1 April 2024

25/03/24 The European Patent Office (EPO) has again announced a set of fee increases on procedural fees, to be effective from 1 April 2024.

Support for Cheltenham Open Door During 2023

18/01/24 Throughout 2023, Wynne-Jones IP supported local charity, Cheltenham Open Door. Over the course of the year our active Charity & Social Team organised fundraising events and donation rallies to enable the small, independent charity to provide much needed support in the community.

Wynne-Jones IP Partners with CyNam to Foster Cyber Technology Innovation in Gloucestershire

10/10/23 We are delighted to announce a strategic partnership with CyNam to support and sponsor their mission to nurture cyber technology innovation in Gloucestershire.

We asked ChatGPT about intellectual property. Here's what we found...

23/08/23 ChatGPT is, undoubtedly, a remarkable tool that is revolutionising the way people work. But, like a lot of technology it has its pitfalls - we’ve all seen the headlines about bias, misinformation and students using it to generate work. We asked it what the top five questions people were asking about intellectual property in the UK, to provide the answers and then asked our expert IP attorneys what they thought.

Semiconductors are the future and the UK has huge opportunity

23/06/23 The UK Government has recently announced a 10-year strategy and £1billion investment plan in the semiconductor industry. Reaction has been mixed: some have said that it’s a “starting gun on a bright future” while others say that it’s simply not enough. We talked to semiconductor experts Dr Ian Lambert and Dr Elliott Davies of Wynne-Jones IP to find out what semiconductors are and to get their thoughts on the announcement.

The Horror, and The Magic of Copyright

15/05/23 Arguably, one of the most horrifying times for an IP owner is when protection dies (or expires)...

The scope of protection of a patent is fundamental to whether a patent is infringed.

11/04/23 In 2017 the U.K. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Actavis v Eli Lilly [2017], that fundamentally changed how U.K. patent infringement is assessed, by the (re-) introduction of a ‘doctrine of equivalents’, in which a feature that falls outside of a ‘normal’ interpretation of the claims but that nonetheless varies from the invention in a way that is ‘immaterial’, infringes a U.K. patent. This can provide a U.K. patent with a broader scope of protection than was the case prior to the Actavis decision. Here we look at how the Actavis decision has been applied and developed in subsequent decisions by the U.K. courts.

Trade Mark Team Strengthened with Senior Management Appointments

04/04/23 Danielle Cooksley has been appointed Director of Trade Marks and Liam Peters has been received a promotion to Partner.

Changes to R&D Tax Credits, and introducing the Pioneer's Platform from Wynne-Jones IP

27/03/23 From April this year, reforms to the R&D tax-credit schemes become effective. For some, the changes will be welcomed but others will find they lose out on tax-savings in an economy with ever increasing costs. At Wynne-Jones IP, we’re delighted to offer entrepreneurs, start-ups and SME’S a bit of extra help where it’s needed most. We offer a unique service, the Pioneer’s Platform, that helps businesses secure their first patent application at an affordable cost.