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Dehns representatives appeared before the UPC Central Division for an Interim Conference, where we were defending one of our key US corporate clients. This case is one of two UPC cases currently being handled by Dehns.

Dehns is delighted to announce the promotion of several of our attorneys, effective from 1 April 2024.

Dehns is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for three awards by Managing IP, one of the leading IP directories, in their 2024 EMEA Awards.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced an increase in the official fees charged for European patent applications from 1 April 2024.  It is not all bad news though, as the EPO is implementing a new fee reduction scheme for qualifying micro-entities from the same date.  Some administrative fees will also be waived in future if the relevant requests are filed using the EPO’s online MyEPO portal.

Dehns is delighted to announce that it has been ranked in the 2024 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 ranking.

The Irish government has announced a referendum in June this year to allow it to participate in the Unified Patent Court.

Dehns is delighted to announce that UK Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Alexandra Nott, has joined the ECTA SME Task Force Committee.

Dehns has been officially appointed to the APUC Intellectual Property Services Framework Agreement (PFB1034 AP) to provide IP services to Scottish Universities and Colleges; this includes both IP Protection and IP Consulting work.

Dehns is delighted to announce that it has been named as a “Recommended Patent Firm” in the latest edition of the JUVE Patent UK Rankings, with three individuals also being named as “Recommended Individuals”.

To ensure Dehns’ UPC Litigation team are ready for acting before any UPC court, yesterday (11^th December 2023) culminated in the Dehns’ UPC Mock Trial. Two teams involving Partners and Associates from the various Dehns’ offices (London, Brighton, Oxford and Munich) put their cases forward before Judge Darrin Shaya (Stanley Black & Decker, Director of Patents) and Judge-Rapporteur Paul Harris (Dehns’ Head of Litigation), in a mock trial held at Dehns’ Oxford office