COP26 is currently taking place in Glasgow, with delegates from around the world focused on the matter of climate change. The goals of COP26 are1:

For many people, the new year offers an opportunity to prioritise your health and wellbeing, with reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption being a popular resolution, not just for January.

Double patenting, i.e. where an applicant attempts to cover "the same subject-matter" with two patents and neither patent is citable prior art for the other, can occur when the same applicant files:

The updated Guidelines provide an extended section in relation to mathematical methods and, for the first time, a section dedicated to AI and machine learning.

This February, we celebrate the 23rd Olympic Winter Games, hosted in PyeongChang, South Korea.

In most countries, patent applications are required to disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.

The UK Intellectual Property Office's IP Advance scheme offers SMEs funding to understand, protect, and commercialize their IP assets. The scheme includes part-funding for IP audits and professional advice on IP commercialization, delivered through regional business growth partners.

For one savvy inventor has distilled Santa's formula for determining which list you will be on.

This describes how we sometimes respond differently to the same workplace behaviours from men and women.

Numbers of patent applications related to "blockchain" developments have increased more or less exponentially in the last couple of years.

Designs are perhaps not the most well-known form of intellectual property (IP) protection. However, for many IP-savvy businesses, registered designs can form a crucial part of an IP portfolio.

If like us, you have been glued to your TV watching sports you'd not heard of before over the last few weeks (kayak cross was a new one for us!), you'll have also spotted brand owners...

From 1 December 2020, Chinese PCT applicants will be given the option to select the EPO as their International Searching Authority (ISA).

Folks, I wanted to pass on some good news, just in case you hadn't heard: it's officially OK use ‘they' in the singular!

Recognised across the globe, the day is an opportunity for people to celebrate how intellectual property (IP) helps to enable innovation that drives human progress.

The UK Patent Box is a generous scheme that can yield significant savings for UK companies.

OpenAI, the AI research company behind the chatbot service ChatGPT, made headlines last month when they decided to withhold details of how their latest language model, GPT-4, actually works.

The Rabbit is considered to be the luckiest of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Chinese patent law allows applicants to file a utility model application and an invention application for the same subject-matter on the same day.

It cannot be denied that humanity's impact on the world is one of the biggest talking points of modern society.