12/9/2025 1:45:07 PM Dryrobe judgment provides useful guidance on avoiding trade mark genericism By Hannah Finster On 4 December the IPEC handed down its judgment in the case of Dryrobe Limited v Caesr Group Limited t/a D-Robe Outdoors. It relates to...
12/9/2025 11:42:07 AM Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer Nick McDonald Joins Marks & Clerk as Partner By M&C Newsroom Marks & Clerk strengthens integrated Intellectual Property (IP) offering with appointment of experienced dispute resolution specialist...
12/8/2025 6:11:07 AM China Adjusts Internet Court Jurisdiction for Digital Disputes By Philip Kung On 1 November 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) implemented new rules adjusting the jurisdiction of its three Internet Courts in...
11/6/2025 2:51:37 PM Litigation-Ready IP: Why MedTech Companies Must Think Beyond Patent Filing By Tom Taylor In the world of MedTech, intellectual property can sometimes be treated as little more than a box-ticking exercise: file a patent, secure...
10/30/2025 1:01:14 PM Marks & Clerk earns recognition in Best Law Firms – Canada 2026 guide By M&C Newsroom We are delighted to share that Best Lawyers has recognized Marks & Clerk across multiple practice areas in the second (2026) edition of...
10/29/2025 8:05:38 AM Patent trolling in the XR sector — a paper tiger, or virtual nightmare? By Eric McNeil In a recent string of lawsuits, US company IngenioSpec LLC has challenged various big names in the XR space on the basis of alleged...
10/16/2025 10:14:26 AM Marks & Clerk sees continued recognition in the Chambers and Partners UK Legal Guide 2026 By M&C Newsroom We are delighted to share our continued recognition in the Chambers and Partners UK Legal Guide 2026. Chambers and Partners is the...
9/25/2025 6:05:45 PM Marks & Clerk earns recognition in Chambers Canada 2026 edition By M&C Newsroom Marks & Clerk is delighted to share our recognition in Chambers Canada 2026 guide. This is the 11th edition of the Canada guide, and the...
7/28/2025 9:07:07 AM Have Crocs taken a step too far? By Harry Press Crocs Inc. has asked the US Supreme Court to clarify whether the Lanham Act could apply to false claims of patent rights following claims...
7/15/2025 1:37:08 PM UKIPO launch consultation on Standard Essential Patents By Matthew Pinney The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has today launched a consultation on proposals to make the Standard Essential Patent (SEP)...
7/10/2025 2:26:07 PM Lexpert recognizes two leading lawyers from Marks & Clerk in Canada By Julie Klein Marks & Clerk is proud to share that two of our Canadian partners have been recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Health Sciences...
6/25/2025 11:14:08 AM Umbro decision - UK Supreme Court confirms post-sale confusion alone can be enough to find trade mark infringement By Hannah Finster Yesterday saw the decision of the UK Supreme Court in Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2025] UKSC...
2/24/2025 11:35:00 PM Recent updates to Singapore’s Patent Linkages Scheme By James Kinnaird Singapore’s Patent Linkage Scheme has been recently updated, with the most important change clarifying the types of patents that must be...
1/30/2025 9:07:00 PM High Court of South Korea awards punitive damages for intentional trade mark infringement for the first time By Becky Swindell A decision recently issued by the Intellectual Property High Court of South Korea has considered the application of the region’s recently...
9/24/2024 12:00:00 AM Deviation in recent caselaw from EPO Guidelines for mathematical methods By Thomas Storey Tim Watkin A recent T-decision by the Boards of Appeal (T 1741/22) involved receiving measurements of glucose levels in a patient's blood, and...
7/24/2024 12:00:00 AM National proceedings initiated before the transition period - The UPC interprets its relationship with national courts By Marcus Riby-Smith Thomas Prock Summary The Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) has exclusive competence over certain types of patent disputes. The Brussels I Regulation...