Inside IP Autumn 2025

Welcome to our Inside IP Autumn 2025 Edition!

This edition is packed with timely insights on key sector trends and the latest developments in patents, trade marks, designs, and IP courts across Europe.

If any topic piques your interest or you would like to discuss how we can support your IP strategy across the UK and EU, please get in touch with our team or your usual Venner Shipley contact. We are always just an email or call away.

Our perspective on…

Clean technology series: wind power – an overview
The patents, the technology and its outlook for the future.

Protecting the sparkle: Trade marks and Champagne
A Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) has been successfully challenged.

Indirect infringement and consumables – the UPC perspective
The UPC held that consumable parts can amount to indirect infringement.

The EU’s approach to governing general-purpose AI: The AI Act and Code of Practice
The EU’s 2025 GPAI Code sets transparency, copyright, and safety rules with phased enforcement.

Comparison of co-pending UK and European patent applications for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs)
Is there material divergence in practice between the UK and EPO approaches to the assessment of CIIs?

Timely payment of court fees at the Unified Patent Court
An important Court of Appeal decision on court fees from the UPC.

Claim interpretation in Europe – G1/24
A key decision likely to reshape EPO patent claim interpretation.

UK launches major design law consultation
The UKIPO seeks views on how to improve the design system in the UK.

Victoria Jones explores stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system
With World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2025, we explore the patent applications improving wellbeing.

G1/25 Enlarged Board of Appeal to consider the need for description amendments in European patent applications and patents
The latest referral on the EPO’s rule requiring descriptions to match amended claims.

Colour drawings to be allowed at the EPO
From 1 October 2025. But why is this so significant?

Digital tools for supporting women with postpartum depression
How apps and AI are adding an essential layer to postpartum mental health.

Inside Venner Shipley

It’s been a successful summer for the team at Venner Shipley. Congratulations to our now fully qualified Patent Attorneys and Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys.

We hosted our annual summer party, which included a sunny BBQ and a spot of croquet.

As we enter Autumn 2025, we are excited to learn what our clients and contacts have in store and continue to collaborate on exciting new work.

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