Council Minutes, June 2025
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
July-August 2025 / Volume 54 / Number 7-8
Featured
CIPA’s intervention in Emotional Perception
On 9 June 2025, CIPA submitted to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom an amicus brief in the proceedings of Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents…
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Early disclosure of patent applications at the IPO
At the start of June, CIPA’s Chief Executive wrote to the IPO with a series of questions concerning the early disclosure of patent applications. On 23 June, CIPA was sent…
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First Tier Complaints
On 26 June 2025, CIPA submitted its response to IPReg’s consultation[i] on First Tier Complaints (‘FTCs’) and proposed changes to the IPReg Core Regulatory Framework to comply with new requirements…
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Joint IPReg, PEB and CIPA statement on exemptions from FD2 and FD3
IPReg sets out its rules for Examination Agencies on exemptions and deemed passes in Schedule 3 of the Rules for Examination and Admission.[1] IPReg currently recognises the exemptions granted by the…
News
CIPA’s intervention in Emotional Perception
Caitlin Heard and Bobby Mukherjee,
CIPA and IP Federation assisting the Supreme Court
CIPA
Early disclosure of patent applications at the IPO
IPO update
First Tier Complaints
Chris Mercer and Estelle Senior
Changes to the Manual of Patent Practice
IPO Update
Technology Insight Report on photovoltaics
CIPA joins UK trade delegation to promote the value and importance of patents
Neil Lampert
SPC review (part 1)
Review of Supplementary Protection Certificate decisions – Part 1
Daniel Wise, Fergus Tyrrell
CJEU confirms guidance on articles 3(a) and 3(c) in C-119/22 and C-149/22 Merck
Daniel Bright and Russell Woody
No SPCs for new medical indications: Court of Appeal holds the ‘bright line’
Adam Ellwood, Andrew Wu, Christina Guazzi and Jennifer Antcliff
UK SPC law – changes as of 1 January 2025
Emma Rudge and David Holland
Belgian Patent Court weighs in on the requirements and scope of the manufacturing waiver
Agata Antepowicz and Sudarsan Rajagopal
A checkpoint for antibody SPC applications in France?
Sudarsan Rajagopal
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
FRAND decisions
Bristows
UK IPO decisions
Barker Brettell LLP
EPO decisions
Bristows
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
EIP
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird
Education
Joint IPReg, PEB and CIPA statement on exemptions from FD2 and FD3
IPReg, PEB, CIPA
Re-accreditation of the UK qualifying examinations
Call for tutors, workshop organisers, and mentors
Tom Bridgwater
Paralegals
Mastering the IPPC: Insights and tips from Caoimhe Murphy’s perfect score
Lucie Jones and Caoimhe Murphy