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Our previous article ‘Chemistry and Modern Innovation: Part 1’ outlined the ways in which chemistry has facilitated developments in other industries, looking at a number of innovations reliant on ...
The EPO has been routinely refusing patent applications relating to inventions applied in a business sphere as ‘mere automation of a business or administrative method using a computer’. It is of...
In a judgment from the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (IPEC) handed down towards the end of 2019, baby baths became the latest product to highlight the importance of the type of images use...
The UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020 and will then enter a transitional period which means that essentially, the UK remains part of the EU for Intellectual Property purposes until 31 December 2020....
Patents are often held up as a significant tool for someone to stop competitors in their tracks. Indeed, if you have ever been on the receiving end of a cease and desist letter you may have felt you...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...