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This Monday Joe Dewhurst and John McKeon will be hosting a webinar focussing on IP for digital businesses. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZR6KMGd The webinar will introduce different forms of intellectual property (IP) rights that digital and tech businesses can use to gain a commercial advantage. Focussing in particular on protecting digital technologies with patents, they will discuss how to identify where patent protection may be appropriate, what the process of navigating the patent system looks like, and the costs involved. #DehnsIP #patents #digital

UPC’s Reluctance to Stay Infringement Proceedings Amid Parallel EPO Oppositions. The UPC Court of Appeal’s recent decision makes it clear: while stays are possible, they are not the go-to solution, even in infringement cases where a conflict could arise. The Court prefers to keep things moving rather than delay proceedings due to parallel EPO oppositions, remaining patentee-friendly in its general approach. Dehns Engineering Partner, Laura Ramsay discusses: https://bit.ly/3V69k7Z #UPC #EPO #InfringementProceedings #PatentLitigation #CourtOfAppeal

Associate Joe Dewhurst in the Dehns Electronics group will be heading to Manchester in a couple of weeks time for Manchester Digital Emerging Tech Conference 2024 and is looking forward to meeting with connections, both old and new! If you would like to organise a meeting with Joe at the event, please click here: https://bit.ly/3Zdhpdh

Charlotte Rush and Dan Wheatley spent the morning at the Business & IP Centre Sussex, delivering a workshop on "10 Things SMEs Should Know About Intellectual Property" as part of the BIPC Start-Up Day 2024 event. From our office in Brighton, our team supports start-ups and SMEs across Sussex by offering clear, commercially-focused advice on how to unlock the full value of their intellectual property. #DehnsIP #BIPCStartUpDay #IPstrategy #SmallBusinessSupport

Dehns Partner Philip Webber, and UK and European Patent Attorney Duke Quinton, from the Dehns Biotechnology group, are looking forward to heading to The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys Life Sciences Conference this Thursday and Friday. To organise a meeting with Philip or Duke at the event, please click here: https://bit.ly/3NXDCFM

A recent landmark ruling has reshaped the interpretation of ‘bad faith’ in UK trade mark law, with wide-ranging implications for the filing, enforcement, and scope of trade marks. Dehns Trade Mark Attorney Dan Wheatley provides the details: https://lnkd.in/eQ5VKySX

A concise summary of the headline points from Dehns Trade Mark Attorney Dan Wheatley is below, on the recently announced judgment on the SkyKick Supreme Court decision, a decision that is expected to have far reaching implications on the issue of bad faith trade mark applications in the UK.

Are you familiar with trade secrets and how they can benefit your business by providing a lead time advantage over your competitors? Join Dehns trade secrets specialist Haakon Thue Lie as he discusses how a comprehensive revealing strategy can allow companies to use trade secrets to achieve a lead time advantage, while positioning their brand or service as an innovation front runner. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eF3SUBWQ #DehnsIP #tradesecrets #IPstrategy

UPC representatives from Dehns’ Dispute Resolution team recently attended a main hearing at the Paris Central Division for the second time this year. A unique element of this revocation action is that the parties’ experts were heard on the topic of common general knowledge for assessing inventive step. Laura Ramsay and Jack Hancock (pictured) are co-counsel in an international litigation team for a medtech client. Like to know more? Download our guide to the Unified Patent Court here: https://lnkd.in/euQJvXFe

Dehns Partner Philip Webber, and UK and European Patent Attorney Duke Quinton, from the Dehns Biotechnology group, will be heading to Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, in a couple of weeks time for the The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys Life Sciences Conference. To organise a meeting with Philip or Duke at the event, please click here: https://bit.ly/3NXDCFM