World IP Day 2025 – IP & Music: Feel the Beat of IP
World IP Day fell on April 26th, with the theme this year celebrating Music!…
All Scare and No Cymbals Makes Monkey a New Toy
What do you get when you cross Stephen King, a haunted toy monkey, and Disney’s…
Highlights From the UKIPO Guidelines on AI Inventions
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have resulted in a substantial…
Design Registrations and Global Grace Periods
Following our post concerning the UK Designs process (see here), we now write…
INFRINGEMENT BY EQUIVALENCE AT THE UPC
A recent decision[1] held by the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent…
Differences in Approach To Inventive Step: EPO vs UPC
In light of the first revocation action being lodged at the UPC, the question…
US Practice – An Update to the Procedures Governing Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs)
Inter partes review (IPR) proceedings were first introduced on September 16,…
A Big Week For Team Scintilla: CENSIS Technology Summit & Technology Scotland 2024
It's been a busy week in the Team Scintilla calendar! Last week saw us…
Shorts, or Pants? The Danger of Descriptive Trade Marks
The English High Court recently ruled that Google’s use of “YouTube Shorts” did…
