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Stays May Be Available for Computer Simulation Inventions at the EPO

Following on from our article commenting on the recent referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G 1/19) the EPO have published a further notice concerning the staying of proceedings.  The notice...

Medtech Innovation Through the Ages – From Artificial Hearts to Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare and technology are intrinsically linked.  Whether through the development of new drugs or the design and manufacture of more sophisticated devices to examine, diagnose, monitor conditi...

British Software in China – Intellectual Property and Industrial Software Considerations

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently published a guide for British companies looking to provide software to projects or customers in China to help identify and mitigate potential intellectual ...

Comment on T 0489/14 Pedestrian Simulation CONNOR

Recently, in the decision T 0489/14 the EPO’s Boards of Appeal published their referral of three questions relating to computer implemented simulations to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.  Referra...

Applying the Science of Sport to Business: Success by Marginal Gains

Sir David Brailsford – the former director of British Cycling and now the general manager of Team Sky – is widely credited for championing the concept of “marginal gains” in cycling.  The phi...

2018 Put Sport Tech Into the Floodlights, but What Does the Future Hold?

What will the 2018 Fifa World Cup be remembered for? France’s victory? England’s resurgence? Senegal’s joyous training methods? Quite unusually, last year’s World Cup was probably most notewor...

Your Brand Is Everything in the Hospitality Sector. Protect Your Intellectual Property and Strengthen Your Brand Equity

The hospitality sector is facing crisis.  Not only is it under the same external pressures as other industries, it is also being challenged by high rental prices, increasing business rates, staffing ...