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UPC Weekly - Front-loading and obviousness at the UPC

UPC Weekly - Front-loading and obviousness at the UPC

by Matthew Naylor

2024 Week 48 In NJOY v VMR, the UPC Central Division Paris revoked VMR’s patent EP 3456214 B2 on 27 November 2024. The patent was held to be obvious, despite being maintained in amended form by the ...

Eleanor Maciver: The First IP Attorney Named as a Green Ambassador

Eleanor Maciver: The First IP Attorney Named as a Green Ambassador

by Maria Hall

We are thrilled to share that Eleanor Maciver has been recognised as a Green Ambassador in The Legal 500 UK Green Guide 2025.

UPC Weekly - UPC finds infringement using a doctrine of equivalents

UPC Weekly - UPC finds infringement using a doctrine of equivalents

by Matthew Naylor

2024 Week 47 Back in June 2024 (UPC Weekly 2024 week 23), we set out a few “known unknowns” – important developments in UPC case law that we expected to come in due course. New UPC decision Plant-e v ...

Mewburn Ellis is the world’s first IP firm to be awarded an EcoVadis Platinum Medal

Mewburn Ellis is the world’s first IP firm to be awarded an EcoVadis Platinum Medal

by Maria Hall

European intellectual property firm Mewburn Ellis has achieved a significant milestone by earning the first Platinum medal for an IP firm from EcoVadis, the global sustainability ratings provider.

UPC Weekly - All of the fizz and none of the squeeze

UPC Weekly - All of the fizz and none of the squeeze

by Matthew Naylor

2024 Week 44 SodaStream v Aarke is a decision on the merits of an infringement case based on EP 1793917 B1. The main interesting points come from the court’s interpretation of the claims in view of ...

Claim Requests found Inadmissible in EPO Appeal Proceedings: What Can Proprietors Do?

Claim Requests found Inadmissible in EPO Appeal Proceedings: What Can Proprietors Do?

by Rebecca Tollervey

Since the EPO’s Rule of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) were revised in 2020, parties have faced a stricter regime for the amendment of their case in appeal proceedings. Although the rules ...

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FORWARD MAGAZINE

Mewburn Ellis Forward is a biannual publication that celebrates the best of innovation and exploration. Through its pages we hope to inform and entertain, but also to encourage discussion about the most compelling developments taking place in the scientific and entrepreneurial world. Along the way, we’ll engage with the IP challenges that international organisations face every day.