Drafting For The EPO (Video)

One feature of UK patent litigation is the potential for disclosure of documents by the parties, under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPRs).

The EPO's guidelines clarify patentability for machine learning (ML) and AI inventions. ML algorithms are considered mathematical methods, typically not patentable unless tied to a specific technical effect. Context, such as application within hardware or specific data, enhances patent eligibility.

With brexited UK announcing that it will not join Europe's long-awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC), the establishment of an efficient pan-European patent litigation system faces ever‑mounting

Getty Images, the photographic agency, has recently settled a copyright infringement dispute concerning the unauthorised use of one of its images.

The recent High Court decision in the case of First Conferences Services Limited & another v Richard Bracchi & another [2009] EWHC 2176 (Ch), 26 August 2009 demonstrates the ways in which businesses can protect themselves against misuse of their key business information.

Registrations of the new .EU domain names will start on 7 December 2005. To protect the interests of brand owners and companies there will be a "sunrise" period in which they will be allowed to apply for .EU domain names corresponding to their trade marks and company names.

The UK Patents Court has upheld Novartis' patent and SPC protecting Entresto, its blockbuster heart failure treatment combining valsartan and sacubitril, rejecting all validity challenges from generic manufacturer Accord Healthcare. The judgment provides crucial guidance on plausibility requirements where experimental data have been generated but not fully disclosed in the patent specification, clarifying when qualitative disclosure of positive results suffices without detailed numerical data.

The UK Intellectual Property Office has released new guidance following the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General, fundamentally changing how AI and computer-implemented inventions are examined in the UK.

As a child, I loved my LEGO, spending hours creating huge towers and complex structures. Now, as a parent, I enjoy watching my children get the same satisfaction out of this wonderful toy...

There have been numerous examples of both celebrities and the owners of well-known fictional characters failing to prevent third parties using their images on merchandise.

The UK Patents Court has upheld Novartis' patent and SPC protecting Entresto, its blockbuster heart failure treatment combining valsartan and sacubitril, rejecting all validity challenges from generic manufacturer Accord Healthcare. The judgment provides crucial guidance on plausibility requirements where experimental data have been generated but not fully disclosed in the patent specification, clarifying when qualitative disclosure of positive results suffices without detailed numerical data.

Senior Battery Scientist Ceren Zor shares her expert perspective on the rapidly evolving battery sector, examining current growth areas from high-nickel cathodes to emerging iron-air technologies. The discussion explores the critical interplay between hardware innovation and software advancement in manufacturing and deployment, while highlighting the UK's distinctive research ecosystem and the global landscape of battery development.

Senior Battery Scientist Ceren Zor shares her expert perspective on the rapidly evolving battery sector, examining current growth areas from high-nickel cathodes to emerging iron-air technologies. The discussion explores the critical interplay between hardware innovation and software advancement in manufacturing and deployment, while highlighting the UK's distinctive research ecosystem and the global landscape of battery development.

On 26 March 2009 the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office (EPO) voted to introduce a time limit to restrict the filing of divisional European patent applications.

Reducing the time it takes to get new fashion lines to customers is key to maintaining a commercial advantage.

Whilst already adhering to stringent environmental standards to minimise its ecological impact, construction activities still contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption...

The EPO has announced that from 1 April 2022 patent grant certificates will be communicated

The UK baby care market was valued at an estimated £1.3 billion in 2020, so it is little wonder that Mothercare found itself ‘rattled' at the prospect of Poundland allegedly encroaching on its IP rights.

Welcome to episode 3 of our second series of HGF's Fashionably IP podcast.

A voluntary memorandum of understanding ("MoU") comes into effect today which will attempt to try and minimise the placement of advertising on websites and mobile phone applications