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Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent Gathering Speed

Following Germany bringing legislation into force to ratify the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) in August, as Robert Skone James reported here, Germany took another step bringing the Unif...

Black History Month: How Closing The Racial Data Gap in Clinical Trials is Driving New Innovation

As patent attorneys, we are interested in clinical trials for a number of reasons.  They form the backbone of medical research, and provide valuable insights which lead to approved treatments, in...

Agri-Tech, The Internet of Things, and Getting Ahead of the Curve

With global population surging and with increasing pressures, both legislative and environmental, brought on by climate change, the agriculture sector has been forced to adapt to a new series of chall...

Building up EU Design Protection for Modular Systems

Registered designs exist to protect the aesthetic appearance of products, and as such European Community design law was drafted so as to exclude protection for certain aspects of appearance that would...

Government Incentives Steering an Electric Vehicle Revolution

The electric vehicle (EV) market is rapidly picking up pace.  According to data from the RAC, nearly 40% of all new cars sold in 2021 in the UK have been hybrids or fully electric¹.  This i...

Should we always strive for perfection?

This article was authored by Claire Tanner Mental health is a broad and complex topic, with no easily identifiable causes when things go wrong and certainly no easy remedies.  One way or another ...

Increase the Range of Your IP

In January this year, Penn State University caused a stir in the electric vehicle (EV) field by announcing a battery for mass market EVs that has a range of 250 miles and an ability to charge in 10 mi...

Innovation in Simulations, from Robots to Wrinkles

The big news last Wednesday in the world of computer-implemented inventions was the long awaited publication of the G1/19 decision, developing the law on patenting simulations in Europe.  In light of...

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Register?

This article was originally published on GreenBiz and remains their copyrighted material.  Follow this link to read the full article. Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-c...

China Laying the Groundwork to Join the Hague Agreement – And Other Designer-Friendly Changes Coming to the Asia-Pacific Region

Registered designs provide an invaluable mechanism for companies to protect the appearance of their products in countries around the world.  A few notable incoming changes to design law in China,...