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Corporate brochure

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy, Intellectual Property Transactions & Exploitation

Maucher Jenkins comprises UK, German and European patent and trade mark attorneys, attorneys at law and IP litigators, with offices in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and China.

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Biotech and Medtech Brochure

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors

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Electronics Brochure

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

Downloadable brochure showcasing our information technology, electronics, software and artificial intelligence expertise.

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Top Tips for Entrepreneurs and Inventors

Area: Patents, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, IP Strategy

Obtaining patent protection for your invention could lead to significant commercial success and consequently profit on your innovative product or service. It gives you exclusive rights to sell it for up to 20 years in the countries in which you have obtained patent protection, ...

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Global Capabilities Brochure

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy, Intellectual Property Transactions & Exploitation, Plant Breeder’s Rights/Plant Variety Rights

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IP Audits Plus Scheme

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy, Intellectual Property Transactions & Exploitation

Maucher Jenkins is experienced in carrying out IP audits for companies via the IP Audits Plus programme in a number of different technology areas.

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Patent Box - for reduced corporation tax

Area: Patents

The UK Government legislation on the Patent Box tax incentive came into effect in April 2013. The incentive is a reduced corporation tax rate of 10% on net profits attributed to patents, with the aim of encouraging development of patentable technology in the UK.

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Trade Marks: a simple guide

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors

Download our simple explanation of trade marks in PDF format. The fact card answers frequently asked questions about this vital part of any business's intellectual property.

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UK implementation of Trade Mark Directive: No need to be graphic

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors

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EPC States At-a-Glance

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, IP Strategy

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Compulsory Licensing under a Unitary Patent

Area: Patents

Should the European Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court get off the ground in its present form, the new court will have jurisdiction over unitary patents (and "traditional" patents granted under the EPC that are not opted-out) for actions in relation to patent infringemen...

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Design Features Newsletter - Spring 2018

Area: Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors

This issue includes news and articles like Doceram - clarity or confusion on functional designs?, Nintendo v Bigben, Acacia, Audi and other, Magnitone, High court guidance on how to shorten design trials, Sucker blow for thread lifter, "Dictated by technical character".

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EPO guidelines on software claims

Area: Patents

The EPO Guidelines are the main resource used by EPO examiners for guidance in the examination process. A new section (F-IV, 3.9) is being added in November to the chapter on formal requirements of claims, setting out explicit examples of acceptable kinds of claims directed to ...

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Fighting unfair competition in the UK and Germany: an Anglo-German perspective

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

Are you a brand owner with registered trademark rights? Or do you have a registered design or patent right for your top-selling product? So far so good, that registration certificate is likely to be enough on its own to clear the first hurdle against infringers, that is, proving ...

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GRADUATE RECRUITMENT BROCHURE 2022

Area: Patents

Do you want to become a patent attorney with Maucher Jenkins? We offer comprehensive training for STEM graduates to become fully qualified patent attorneys. Get in touch to find out more and apply.

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Innovation capture - identifying and protecting IP

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

Intellectual Property (IP) is a valuable asset, and for high-tech companies, much for that value lies in registrable rights, such as patents and designs. Yet the right to register those rights can easily be lost if the rights owner fails to identify and protect its innovation in ...

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IP News Autumn 2016

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors

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Make Your Mark Newsletter - Autumn 2019

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

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Make Your Mark Newsletter - Spring 2019

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors

Make Your Mark Spring 2019 including case law, Brexit advice and more. All articles published here are also available to read on our News and Events pages.

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Make Your Mark Newsletter - Autumn 2018

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors

This issue includes news and articles relating to Brexit and the implications for IP and Maucher Jenkins as well as the latest news on German, UK and European trade mark matters and case references.

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Make Your Mark Newsletter - Spring 2018

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

This issue includes news and articles relating to Brexit and the implications for IP and Maucher Jenkins as well as the latest news on German, UK and European trade mark matters and case references.

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Make Your Mark Newsletter - Autumn 2016

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors

This issue included news and articles relating to Brexit and the implications for the UK and for Maucher Jenkins; Nikki keeps her Kule; cMuffin with your Maccoffee, sir?; Snippets; Glaxo gets puffed out.

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Patent Issues Newsletter - Autumn 2020

Area: Patents

Our regular newsletter about issues of patent case law rulings and legislation in Europe, the UK, Germany and China.

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Patent Issues Newsletter - Spring 2019

Area: Patents

This issue includes information on Brexit, summaries of recent judgments and key recent developments in patent law from across the world.

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Patent Issues Newsletter - Spring 2018

Area: Patents

This issue includes news and article including UK Ratifying the UPC Agreement, Actavis v ICOS, Generics v Yeda, Regenration v Kymab & Novo Nordisk, L'Oreal v RN Ventures.

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Patent Issues Newsletter - Autumn 2017

Area: Patents

This issue included news and articles involving the doctrine of equivalents, Patent litigation in China, EPO increases its output , Unwired Planet v Huawei – The Frand Injunction, Update on Bolar Exemptions in Europe, Patenting GUIs in the UK, Fujifilm declaration and Challengi...

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Patent Issues Newsletter - Spring 2017

Area: Patents

This issue included news and articles relating to Brexit; EPO analysis; FRAND; Arrow declarations; patentability of aesthetic creations; and Observations from China on Brexit.

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Patent Litigation in China

Area: Patents, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution

This is a download summary of the information in our News item of the same title.

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Patentability Searching - pros and cons

Area: Patents

Partner James Cross examines the pros and cons of patentability searching from the applicant's perspective.

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Patenting Software in China

Area: Patents

This is a download summary of the information in our News item of the same title.

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

Area: Patents, Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Strategy

This is a download summary of the information in our News item of the same title.

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Review of Myriad and Prometheus Cases

Following the recent Myriad and Prometheus decisions of the US court, the law relating to the patentability of isolated genes has changed in the US such that it is different to the corresponding law in Europe. The purpose of this note is to explain this difference and provide gui...

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Roundtable - Patent disputes

Area: Patents, Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Patent disputes are often based on fundamental disagreements between the parties on the scope and validity of the patent which makes these cases more difficult to settle.

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Updated Brexit guidance: your TMs and Designs after the transition period

Area: Trade Mark Attorneys, Lawyers & Brand Protection Advisors, Design Protection Attorneys and Legal Advisors

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