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A leading intellectual property expert has said it is “incredibly encouraging” to see almost one million women in STEM roles for the first time, but called for continued action to support this upwards trend.

Establishing a strong brand is pivotal to business success and protecting that brand is equally important. A brand’s intellectual property rights may include copyrights, trademarks, patents, and more. Wales is a hotbed of great brands. In our regular series – ‘Ten big brands’ – next we take look at some of the best brands in the Welsh Cosmetics and Beauty sector. Take a look through this selection, and feel free to get in touch with any big brands you think are missing.

The saga of plant patents at the EPO continues - do recent events at the EPO and the European Commission suggest that there will be an attempt to amend the EU Biotech Directive 98/44/EC?

Establishing a strong brand is pivotal to business success and protecting that brand is equally important. A brand’s intellectual property rights may include copyrights, trademarks, patents, and more. Wales is a hotbed of great brands. In the first of a regular series, we look at some of the best brands in the Welsh drinks sector.

Have you recently received a letter from the "Patent and Trademark Office" in Washington, DC? An official looking letter that demands payment and warns that your trade mark will be cancelled if you don’t pay? Here is one received by one of our clients recently...

Breaking EPO News - Decision G 2/19 - oral hearings of the Boards of Appeal can take place in Haar, and third parties cannot appeal clarity of claims during examination procedure. In one of the fastest ever decisions on a referral, the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal yesterday (18 July 2019) found in case G 2/19 that (EPO brief communication; Google translation): "A third party within the meaning of Article 115 EPC, who has appealed against the decision to grant a European patent, has no right to be heard by a Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office orally over its request to remove allegedly indistinct claims (Article 84 EPC) of the European patent to re-enter the examination procedure. Such a complaint does not have suspensive effect.

This weekend see's 50 years of Pride in London as the parade celebrates it's jubilee year and to mark the occasion we took the opportunity to speak to HR Manager, Lucy Gabb and Renewals Administrator, Liam Harkus about their experiences of being gay in the workplace.

Wynne-Jones IP has officially opened the doors of its new headquarters at Gloucester Business Park by welcoming more than 80 guests to a lavish drinks reception at the new premises.

In honour of International Women in Engineering Day we wanted to introduce you to one of our engineers, Christina Schiavone.

Wynne-Jones IP, has welcomed two experienced IP specialists to its patent and trade mark teams as it continues to grow its two offices in London and Cardiff. Yvonne Onomor joins Wynne-Jones in London as Senior Trade Mark & Design Attorney; Xuesong Yang joins the firm’s Cardiff office as Chinese Patent Attorney.