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EPO Refuses Patent Application Naming an “AI Inventor”

The EPO has recently refused two patent applications that designated a machine as the inventor: EP18275163 and EP18275174 .  In both of these cases the inventor was designated as a...

Addressing Discretion at the UKIPO

In a recent decision the UKIPO had to consider a party seeking to invalidate a design for lack of novelty in view of an earlier filed Chinese design patent and public sales pre-dating the application ...

Shining a Light on Evidence at the UK IPO

With Brexit approaching and companies insuring against the uncertainty that brings there has been a steady uptick in registered design filings over the last three years.  This may ultimately lead to ...

UK Government Continues Investment in EV Battery Technology

A further £23 million of funding for UK electric vehicle battery technology has been announced as part of the UK government’s Faraday battery challenge, which aims to boost development of cost-effe...

The Impact of AI-Generated in Silico Data on Pharma Patent Applications

This article was originally posted in Drug Discovery Today and remains their copyrighted material.  Please visit their website here to read the full article. In silico data generated using AI platf...

Ligand Licenses VER250840 to Cumulus Oncology

Ligand Pharmaceuticals has announced the signing of a license agreement granting Cumulus Oncology exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialise VER250840, a novel, oral, selective, preclinic...

Build a Brand – Not Just a Hotel

The hotel sector is changing and with that brings opportunity and challenge in equal measure.  With increased competition from online accommodation websites like Airbnb and Homestay, hotels are havin...

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 ...