Haseltine Lake - European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

Haseltine Lake - European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys - Intellectual Property Advice

A major European IP Practice, providing Intellectual Property services to clients throughout the world.

Intellectual Property is important to our clients. They demand highly-focused top quality IP advice across a wide spectrum of industries and issues. So that's what we deliver - with energy, enthusiasm and commitment - because Intellectual Property is important to us too.

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	Bass Pale Ale
	The first UK registered trade mark, filed in 1876 and still in force today for alcoholic beverages.
	Telephone
	Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray had been working independently on telegraph variants and filed similar patents in 1876. Bell was given priority in the US Courts.

DECISIONS ANNOUNCED BY EPO ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL

Three important decisions have been announced by the European Patent Office Enlarged Board of Appeal:

Decision G2/08 held that new and non-obvious uses of medicaments in the treatment of illnesses which they were previously known to treat, for example new dosage regimes, are patentable, and that the “Swiss” claim format will not be permitted for claiming medical use inventions in European patents having a filing or priority date more than 3 months after the decision is formally published (expected later this year).
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NEW EPO FEES - EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL 2010

The new levels applying to fee payments on or after 1 April 2010 represent an increase of around 5%. Although in some cases early payment of fees might be considered in order to avoid the increase, the potential benefit will need to be balanced against available budget resources and the additional administrative cost and effort of bringing forward actions needed to enable fees to be paid early.
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THE HAGUE OFFICE LAUNCH

Haseltine Lake’s new office in the Netherlands was launched at the “Meet the Judges” event held by the Benelux Licensing Executive Society (LES) on 26 January. Haseltine Lake sponsored the networking drinks reception for seminar delegates at the internationally renowned Peace Palace (“Vredespaleis”) in The Hague.
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NEW ASSOCIATESHIP FOR ALEX ROGERS AND DAVID LEWIN

The partners are delighted to announce that Alex Rogers and David Lewin will become associates of the firm effective 1 January 2010. Alex joined the Bristol Chemical & Life Sciences team in 2007, as a qualified UK and European patent attorney.
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