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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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Cats Eyes |

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Patented in 1934, the Maltese cross-shaped road studs (U.K patent #436,290 and #457,536) also trade marked as the "Catseye", help drivers to see in the fog or at night. |
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Mercedes 3 Point Star |

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Registered in 1900, this mark was first drawn on a postcard to G Daimler's wife representing the expansion of the company into transport on land, sea and air. |
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SAN MARINO TO JOIN THE EPC
San Marino will become the 36th Contracting State to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on 1 July 2009. Any European patent application having a filing date, or derived from a PCT application having a filing date, on or after 1 July 2009, will be able to designate San Marino.
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CHANGES TO EPC IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
HL have produced a newsletter which outlines the changes to EPC implementing regulations:
(1) Divisional Applications
(2) Plurality of Independent Claims, and Clarity and Conciseness of the Claims
(3) Mandatory Response to the Extended European Search Report
(4) Mandatory Response to the PCT Report for Applications where EPO acted as ISA or IPEA
(5) Identification of Amendments
Click on the link below to access the newsletter.
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IT'S A KNOCK OUT - HL TAKES PART IN CHARITY FUNDRAISER
HL recently took part in client Hydro International's It's a Knock Out competition, to raise funds for WaterAid (an international charity to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education).
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HASELTINE LAKE AT INTA 131st ANNUAL MEETING, 16-20 MAY
Trade Mark Partners Jane More O’Ferrall and Martin Krause and Chief Representative of Haseltine Lake’s Representative office in China, Li Min will be attending INTA’s 131st Annual meeting, 16-20 May in Seattle.
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