On 25 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided three cases relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) by reasoned order (i.e. without a hearing).

The current economic unrest is massively impacting charities' fundraising efforts, placing enormous pressure on their income and their ability to meet increasing operational overheads.

Artificial intelligence is transforming how pharmaceutical companies identify new therapeutic uses for existing drugs, but this acceleration creates complex intellectual property challenges. As computational methods rapidly generate repurposing candidates, innovators must navigate the tension between filing early to secure priority and waiting for sufficient validation data, while ensuring their second medical use patents provide meaningful commercial protection in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Overall, patent applications to the EPO in 2022 grew by 2.5% compared to 2021, an encouraging figure despite continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

Since that article, there have been a number of other exciting collaborations, particularly for Nike with their collaborations with French luxury fashion brands Jacquemus (No.20) and Louis Vuitton (No.5).

Fashion brands invest years building recognition, yet many fail to properly secure their most valuable commercial asset: their name. Without a strategic approach to trade mark protection, even successful brands face disputes...

In the race to get new products into a massively saturated market, it is easy for food and drink businesses to skip over protecting every aspect of their intellectual property...

Farming is one of the world's most important industries. Arguably as the food crisis worsens, it will continue to become even more important. As it does, farmers will need help to increase crops yield...

Like other businesses, celebrities seek to register trade marks to commercially exploit signs that are associated with them, and to prevent others from using or misusing these.

You will have done well to miss the news that Twitter has shed its old skin and emerged from the social media cocoon with a new identity as "X".

Article 50 of the EU AI Act introduces sweeping transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers, requiring disclosure of AI interactions, marking of AI-generated content, and labeling of deepfakes. These rules carry significant commercial and IP implications for businesses using AI to create marketing materials, synthetic influencers, and other valuable assets.

In December 2025, EU lawmakers reached a provisional agreement on the long-anticipated regulation of plants developed using so-called new genomic techniques (NGTs)...

Articles 52(2) and (3) of the European Patent Convention (EPC) tell us that some technologies are excluded from patentability...

The AG Opinion in Mylan vs Gilead provides useful guidance as to when parties may obtain "appropriate compensation" from rights holders for wrongly granted interim measures.

The story of part German/part Danish company Haribo's signature gummy bear is a fascinating tale of trade mark protection and legal disputes in the food and drink industry.

Earlier this year the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics, ETIP PV, published a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, SIRA.

They allow producers to develop new, more sustainable fruits and vegetables by offering the greater precision producers need to enhance a crop's ability to resist pests and diseases and reduce...

In the fast-paced world of start-up businesses, intellectual property (IP) protection has emerged as one of the key factors that either make...

Firstly, software patents are notoriously tricky to obtain. You can of course patent the right type of software, but your invention needs to meet strict criteria. Secondly, the patenting process...

"Artificial intelligence leverages computers and machines to mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of the human mind"...