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The UPC is here to stay – but how might it affect temporary infringement exemptions within the EU?

As we reported previously, June 2024 marked the one-year anniversary of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) coming into force. This was the biggest shake up in European patent landscape for nearly 50 years...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – September 2024

UK UPDATE Patent practice regarding artificial neural networks and excluded subject matter The UKIPO updated its guidance on patenting artificial neural networks (ANNs) following the judgment of the C...

Track cycling: gearing up for Olympic success

Track cycling is a sport in which Great Britain has consistently excelled at the Olympic Games. In the previous Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Team GB won seven medals in the velodrome – more than any oth...

Quickfire strategies to skyrocket the value of your business

Bread & Jam Festival 2024 saw me join an insightful panel discussion chaired by Harry Turpin from The Savourists which provides delicious healthy snacks. Also on the panel providing expert insight...

UPC Central Division Munich Section adopts an EPO-like approach in its First Judgment

On 16 July 2024, the Munich Central Division (CD) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its first substantive decision in a revocation action in UPC 1/2023, marking a significant milestone in the n...

Can your IP strategy make the boat go faster?

Olympic rowing has created some dramatic races and stories over years.  Steve Redgrave winning his 5th Olympic Gold in Sydney, Matthew Pinsent’s podium tears in Athens, Katherine Grainger final...

From poolside to patent office: keeping Olympians in the fast lane

Swimming has a rich history in the modern Olympics and, much like other sports, the level of performance has improved drastically since the inaugural games. In the Bay of Zea, Greece, in 1896, the win...

Emotional Perception: what today’s Court of Appeal decision means for AI patentability in the UK

The Court of Appeal has today dramatically overturned the Emotional Perception decision that was issued by the High Court in November. The Court of Appeal has decided that a trained artificial neural ...

Applying Emotional Perception at the UKIPO

On 2 January 2024, the UKIPO updated the Manual of Patent Practice (MoPP) to provide further guidance to patent examiners when examining patent applications involving artificial neural networks (ANNs)...

Turning lemons into lemonade: Professor Ryan Abbott on the patentability of AI inventions

In late 2023, the UK Supreme Court confirmed in its judgment that the UKIPO was correct to find that two patent applications designating an artificial intelligence (AI), known as DABUS, as the sole in...