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We’re furthering our sustainability commitment by becoming Planet Mark certified through measuring and reducing our carbon footprint.

Dehns is delighted to have successfully retained its Band 1 ranking in the Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys category of the latest Chambers rankings.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal considers whether oral proceedings by video conference will remain the default at the EPO, even when it becomes possible to hold oral proceedings in person.

Dehns has today announced the appointment of its first female Senior Partner, Elizabeth Jones.

Elizabeth joined Dehns in 1993 and was made Partner in 2001. She holds several Chemistry and Biochemistry related degrees and is a senior member of Dehns’ Life Sciences and Biotechnology group. Elizabeth has served as Dehns’ Managing Partner since 2014.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced its usual biannual increase in the official fees charged for European patent applications, which will take effect from 1 April 2022.

In the recently launched Patent 1000 IAM 2022 edition, Dehns was named as a “potent player in the European patent prosecution space” and was highlighted as being “particularly good at EPO oppositions”.

The shocking invasion of Ukraine has deeply horrified and saddened us all at Dehns. Our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people bravely resisting the invasion and everyone suffering as a result of it. We stand with everyone working to end this conflict swiftly and peacefully and we are giving financial support to organisations who are mobilising to bring aid to those affected.

Dehns is delighted to have retained its ranking in the 2022 WTR (World Trademark Review) 1000 report, with four individuals in the team being named as “Recommended Individuals”.

Dehns is delighted to report that the first High Court ruling involving the new Dehns litigation team was a success, with the judge deciding in our client’s favour.

Dehns is delighted to announce the promotion of several of our attorneys, effective from 1 April 2022.

Dehns client achieves world-first, making a vital step towards designing a projectile fusion power plant.

Global warming is amongst the most pressing concerns that we are facing as a society today – urgent and significant action is needed to address the issue.  Intellectual property laws, by granting temporary exclusive rights over the products of intellectual activity, have the power to influence and control innovative products and ideas and their availability. It is therefore important that intellectual property rights be used to their full potential to drive positive developments in green technologies.