We're taking you on a journey through the history of software patents in Europe, through the lens of pop culture. By zooming out and looking at the big picture of what the EPO has taught us over the years...

Although there have been no recent changes to how biological deposits are dealt with at the EPO, it is always useful to have a reminder of the EPO-specific requirements to ensure applicants are not caught out in prosecution.

A colleague recently commented that if AlphaFold can predict structures now as accurately as they can be determined experimentally, aren't structural biologists now redundant?

The recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T 0698/19, while more concerned with the field of business-driven innovation (in this case an automated method of making insurance payments...

We're taking you on a journey through the history of software patents in Europe, through the lens of pop culture. By zooming out and looking at the big picture of what the EPO has taught us over the years...

In days gone by, the Food & Drink sector was fairly static. The shelves were filled with heritage brands, many going back decades, and things changed very little in terms of products, methods of manufacture and so on. Not anymore.

We recently held an exciting virtual event aimed at in-house counsel, on the topic of Freedom to Operate (FTO). For those who missed the event (and those who want a refresher),...

A new referral (G 1/23) to the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has recently been made regarding how the state of the art is defined in relation to prior disclosure of a product.

This is the second part of our three-part article on EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal referral G 2/21. Here, we analyse the technical/legal facts of the appeal behind G 2/21 and provide a digest...

The UK government has published a policy paper on where it sees AI regulation heading in the UK and has put out a call for views.

In industries as diverse as automotive, medical equipment and mobile phones, today's products are technologically complex – and are often covered by hundreds or thousands of patents.

When you hear the term ‘smart cities' you may initially picture the utopian metropolises of your favourite sci-fi epic. However, smart cities are much further from fiction and much closer...

Against a backdrop of painfully rising costs, economic uncertainty and the aftermath of Brexit, it's no wonder that over 50% of UK food & drink companies are now looking abroad...

The UK government took many by surprise with a recent announcement that ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement is to proceed, notwithstanding ongoing Brexit deliberations.

It's great to see IP, and in particular trade marks, making the national news and being talked about on social media, especially in Food & Drink, a sector we know and love so well.

A version of this article was previously published on WIPR. We recently reported on the highly anticipated oral proceedings before the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal on legal entitlement to priority (G 1/22 and G 2/22).

In the highly competitive world of professional sport, technology delivers the marginal gains that can be the difference between success and failure.

In a rare case of the General Court going against the Board of Appeal's decision, a luxury hospitality operator sought to retain their EUTM despite rendering the services...

In days gone by, the Food & Drink sector was fairly static. The shelves were filled with heritage brands, many going back decades, and things changed very little in terms of products, methods of manufacture and so on.

The new Unified Patent Court (UPC) having jurisdiction over European patents across European Union (EU) states was thrown into considerable doubt by the referendum of the British people to leave the EU (Brexit).