In the spring of 2023, an extensive investigation into geographical indications was launched in 26 European Countries during the latest phase of Operation Opson.
As the world becomes ever hungrier for environmentally friendly products, the potential for companies to fall foul of greenwashing continues to grow.
Eggs are serious business, with 12.6 billion eaten each year in the UK (or 188 per capita), and meeting this demand requires the efforts of over 39 million commercial hens.
As you’re participating in the Food & Bio Summit, you will have a serious interest in the biotechnical aspects of the food and drink industry. Moreover, you will have a serious interest in the different ways we can transform our current food systems to create more sustainable ecosystems and the part both business and science will need to play in this transformation.
In a recent decision from the EUIPO Board of Appeal, it was found that the there was a confusing similarity between the JÄGERMEISTER and ST. JOSEPH trade marks despite their aurally dissimilar word elements and conceptually dissimilar figurative elements. This has again opened up an age old debate, how do certain brands get away with lookalike products?
On 30 June 2023 the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled in favour of Orexo AB in its patent litigation against Sun in relation to ZUBSOLV® (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual tablets (CIII), with the Court ruling that Orexo’s patents are both valid and are infringed by Sun.