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Trends in the food and beverage industry can move quickly, and food science and development is a vibrant field of technology with over £5.8bn of investment in 2024, and around 10,000 new products launched annually.

The food and drink sector is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK — larger than the automotive and aerospace sectors combined.

Many food and drink manufacturers bring out special products or limited editions to capitalise on the Christmas market, and, always with our eye on the intellectual property...

While patents are most often associated with new products like food compositions or food preparation equipment, they can also be obtained for new processes.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform healthcare, from diagnostic imaging and drug discovery to wearable devices and clinical decision support, questions around how to protect these advancements...

IP is crucial for advancing sustainable consumer goods, with patents driving innovations, trademarks enhancing brand trust, and trade secrets protecting unique eco-friendly processes. Proper use of IP supports market growth and combats greenwashing.

Apathy about protecting intellectual property can often cause significant problems and damage to a company’s value and revenue as well as its image, writes Lee Fisher, partner and member of Morgan Cole’s intellectual property team.

The term "insider threat" is commonly used within the cyber security and information security industries, referring to a risk posed by individuals within an organization...

Copycat or look-alike products are currently one of the biggest issues for brand owners in Europe. A decision of the High Court of England & Wales, refusing an injunction sought by cat food manufacturers Masterfoods, demonstrates the importance of obtaining registered rights for product packaging, where possible.

On 14 April 2016 the European Parliament finally approved the new European Union Trade Secrets Directive which will create a minimum legal benchmark to protect secret and valuable business information...

The EU Trade Secrets Directive (2016/943) required EU member states to introduce laws, regulations and administrative provisions to establish a minimum level of protection for trade secrets.

Anybody who has worked in a lab will know that getting a protocol to work isn't as simple as just following the instructions printed in a journal.

From 9 June 2018, there is new EU legislation coming into force called the Trade Secrets Directive. Here we outline what it means and how your business could be affected.

Think back to school. As soon as you shared a secret, there was no chance you'd ever get control of it back. In the same way, preventing the theft of ideas through corporate espionage or other means presents challenges.

In this article, we will discuss unique factors when drafting trade secrets or confidentiality agreements (NDAs) in the Indonesian context.

The importance of keeping certain information confidential in sport should not be underestimated. Knowledge of even the smallest piece of information relating to an opposing club

GlobalFoundries and IBM settled a legal dispute over trade secret misappropriation and contract breaches. The case underscores the importance of robust trade secret protection and confidentiality in collaboration agreements to prevent misuse and protect valuable intellectual property.