Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
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Keltie is a partnership of patent and trade mark attorneys based in the City of London.
We act directly before the UKIPO, EPO, OHIM and WIPO in all IP matters including patent, trade mark and design applications, oppositions and renewals on behalf of our clients.
Keltie acts globally in all fields of commerce and technology, across the full range of intellectual property law. Much more than just a filing agency, we also offer consultancy services to IP owners and managers.
Chambers and Partners ranks Keltie among Britain's top ranked patent and trade mark firms, saying "This youthful, energetic team takes a practical, no-nonsense approach to matters, impressing clients with its organised and diligent work ethic. With an innovative outlook and great commercial sense, Keltie handles filings, oppositions, renewals and enforcement issues from start to finish and also provides tactical advice."
Major changes to EPC from 1 April 2010
Mr Ingwer Koch, the EPO's Principal Director, International Affairs and Patent Law flew in from Munich recently to speak at Keltie's office in London where he addressed over forty in-house patent counsel to explain and clarify the EPC rule changes that will take effect from 1 April 2010. More...
European Gene Patent Scope Limited by Landmark EU Court Ruling
The much anticipated ruling in Monsanto Technology v Cefetra (Case C-428/08) has now issued and confirms the earlier indications that within the European Union (EU) patent protection for gene sequences only extends to material in which the patented gene is actually performing its function. In Monsanto’s case (European Patent No. 0546090), claims to an isolated gene sequence were not held to extend to cover soya meal derived from transgenic plants and containing trace amounts of the patented gene, because the residual genetic material was not actually performing its intended function in the soya meal. More...