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Intellectual Property UK
Intellectual Property Law360 UK provides breaking news and analysis on IP law. Coverage includes high-stakes cases involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other forms of IP, as well as policy developments and licensing deals.
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Latest News in Intellectual Property UK
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October 10, 2025
Cigar Maker Leaves BAT's 'On Button' TM In Ashes
British American Tobacco has lost its trademark for an "on button" icon that signifies flavor capsules within its products, failing to satisfy European Union officials that its ownership of a patent for the system shows that the sign is distinctive.
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October 09, 2025
Top IP Alliance Calls For 'Balanced' UK SEP Reform
One of the largest representative bodies for the U.K. intellectual property industry has urged the government to take a "balanced" and "proportionate" approach to its sweeping plans to reform the country's standard-essential patent framework.
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October 09, 2025
Sun Pharma Attacks Incyte Patents In Alopecia Drug Battle
An Indian generic-drug maker has asked a London court to nix Incyte's patents for a blockbuster drug treating autoimmune conditions, as the rival plans to launch a hair loss treatment that would compete with its own alopecia treatments.
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October 09, 2025
Broker Ardonagh Loses Challenge To Music Platform TM
European officials have rejected a bid by a unit of global insurance broker The Ardonagh Group to nix a trademark application by an American music teaching platform after ruling the average consumer would not mix up the two signs.
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October 09, 2025
Microsoft Inks License To Exit Video Coding IP Dispute
Via LA has said that Microsoft has entered into a licensing agreement to use the technology in its video coding patent pool, bringing down the curtain on an infringement claim in Germany from multiple licensors within the scheme.
Areas of Coverage
- Infringement suits over patents, copyrights and trademarks
- U.K. Intellectual Property Office Board of Appeal disputes
- EU Intellectual Property Office Board of Appeal Disputes
- Trade secrets disputes
- Licencing and royalty rates
- Right-of-publicity suits
- Antitrust disputes involving IP issues
- Industrial designs
- Piracy
- AI issues in IP
- Unified Patent Court disputes
Agencies
- Agency actions and rulings
- U.K. Intellectual Property Office
- EU Intellectual Property Office
Policy & Regulation
- U.K. and European Union regulation and legislation
- World Intellectual Property Organization
Enforcement
- Piracy and counterfeiting actions
- International trade disputes involving IP issues
Profiles
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of IP practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies/FTSE 100 companies
- Executives and lawyers in the life sciences, technology and other IP-focused industries
- Judges and court staff across the UK
- Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals
- Policymakers at UK and European Union agencies
- Legal Tech lawyers, solicitors and barristers
- Technology lawyers, solicitors and barristers
- Chief Technology officers
- Patent Agents
- Patent, Copyright and Trademark lawyers
- Partner IP, Information Technology, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets Law
- Cybersecurity & Privacy experts at law firms, agencies and companies