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Design right—Folding umbrellas—Design of handles and of case—Whether commonplace—Whether method or principle of construction—Whether features “must fit”—Whether features “must match”—Surface...

Registered design—Umbrella case—Validity—Whether umbrella case “an article”—Novelty—Whether anticipation by prior art—Whether differing only in immaterial details—Whether variants common in the...

Design right—Umbrella case—Design of part of article—Design held valid and infringed—Appeal to Court of Appeal—Whether separate design right subsists in part only of article.

Trade mark—Application—Opposition—Application for extension of time—Refusal by registrar—Exercise of discretion—Appeal not a rehearing—Appeal dismissed.

Trade mark—Application for revocation—Appeal to appointed person—Whether registrar had residual discretion under section 46(1)—Important point of law—Request to refer appeal to High Court—Request...

Patent—Coronary stents—Revocation—Declaration of non-infringement—Counter- claim for infringement—Construction of claims—Validity—Novelty—Inventive step—Skilled addressee—Common general...

Supplementary protection certificate—Application—Late filing due to unforeseen circumstances—Whether time ran from date of marketing authorisation or date of notification of grant of...

Patent—Entitlement—Reference to the Comptroller—Jurisdiction to award security for costs—Whether the Comptroller is a court for the purposes of section 726 of the Companies Act 1985

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a Community trade mark application for a sign containing a maple leaf and the letters ‘RW’ below it should be rejected for all the goods and...

The US Federal Circuit recognizes the broad reach of patent-eligible subject matter and narrow scope of the ‘abstract idea’ exception under 35 USC §101.