What you need to know about the UP and UPC
Background Nine years after the signing of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, the new Unitary Patent (UP) and single Unified Patent Court (UPC) are nearly a reality. All that is needed is for Germany to deposit its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement...
Internet video evidence as prior art? The EPO Boards of Appeal have views…
Recent EPO decision T3000/19 casts doubt on how (and practically, whether) audio/video prior art available on the internet should be cited at the EPO. T3000/19 concerns an appeal from the examining division who had refused an application based on a video found on the...
Genericness banned in Russia
The story started back in 2019. At that time, SUGEN, INC. and PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY Pharmacia Upjohn sued Nativa, a Russian company, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Oleg Mikhaylov, the third person closely associated with Nativa against...
Patents for plastic recycling hit record high, up eightfold to 2,149 in the past five years
A record 2,149 patents for plastic recycling were filed last year, up 7% from 2021 and an eightfold increase since 2016, says Mathys & Squire, the intellectual property firm. Mathys & Squire says the plastic recycling industry is competing to develop...
G2 Legal promotes internally to help with business growth
G2 Legal, a leading legal recruitment company, today announced multiple promotions to help deliver its plan for growth. Having joined G2 Legal in 2013, Andrew Cookson is now promoted to Director and will continue to head up the Midlands region. James Hitti has been...
Global IP firm Rouse welcomes new Chairperson as business continues to grow
Leading intellectual property (IP) firm Rouse today announces the appointment of a new Chairperson to its board: Paul Raleigh. The appointment will support Rouse while the business continues to grow as a global IP services provider, operating in some of the world’s...
Powell Gilbert hires new Associate with physical sciences background
Douglas Jayatilaka has advised on matters before the Supreme Court and CJEU LONDON – Specialist IP law firm Powell Gilbert LLP (PG) has expanded its premier team of IP lawyers with the appointment of solicitor Douglas Jayatilaka as an Associate. He has a technical...
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What you need to know about the UP and UPC
Background Nine years after the signing of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, the new Unitary Patent (UP) and single Unified Patent Court (UPC) are nearly a reality. All that is needed is for Germany to deposit its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement...
Genericness banned in Russia
The story started back in 2019. At that time, SUGEN, INC. and PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY Pharmacia Upjohn sued Nativa, a Russian company, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Oleg Mikhaylov, the third person closely associated with Nativa against...
Internet video evidence as prior art? The EPO Boards of Appeal have views…
Recent EPO decision T3000/19 casts doubt on how (and practically, whether) audio/video prior art available on the internet should be cited at the EPO. T3000/19 concerns an appeal from the examining division who had refused an application based on a video found on the...
Patents for plastic recycling hit record high, up eightfold to 2,149 in the past five years
A record 2,149 patents for plastic recycling were filed last year, up 7% from 2021 and an eightfold increase since 2016, says Mathys & Squire, the intellectual property firm. Mathys & Squire says the plastic recycling industry is competing to develop...
G2 Legal promotes internally to help with business growth
G2 Legal, a leading legal recruitment company, today announced multiple promotions to help deliver its plan for growth. Having joined G2 Legal in 2013, Andrew Cookson is now promoted to Director and will continue to head up the Midlands region. James Hitti has been...
Global IP firm Rouse welcomes new Chairperson as business continues to grow
Leading intellectual property (IP) firm Rouse today announces the appointment of a new Chairperson to its board: Paul Raleigh. The appointment will support Rouse while the business continues to grow as a global IP services provider, operating in some of the world’s...
LOT Network, Amazon, Cruise, The Walt Disney Company, Google, Meta, Microsoft Join Forces to Spearhead IP Diversity Initiative
LOT Network Inc. with Amazon, Cruise, The Walt Disney Company, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have partnered to form a new initiative called Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams (ADAPT) to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in the IP industry by...
Powell Gilbert hires new Associate with physical sciences background
Douglas Jayatilaka has advised on matters before the Supreme Court and CJEU LONDON – Specialist IP law firm Powell Gilbert LLP (PG) has expanded its premier team of IP lawyers with the appointment of solicitor Douglas Jayatilaka as an Associate. He has a technical...
Knobbe Martens announces new leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Partners Brian Horne and Andrew Merickel named to office leadership roles in LA and SF, respectively Knobbe Martens, one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the world, announced today that it has appointed new leaders in its Los Angeles and San Francisco...
US firm Anaqua to establish NI Engineering Hub and create 15 jobs
Boston headquartered Anaqua, an innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology provider, is investing in Northern Ireland for the first time and creating a 15 person European Engineering Hub. Anaqua delivers innovative workflow solutions for...
IP as an enabler for AI: UK government shows its hand
The recently published response of the UK government to a consultation on the interface between artificial intelligence (“AI”) and intellectual property law demonstrates the importance that is attached to this area of technology in driving innovation and economic...
Another Thaler ruling confirming that an AI machine cannot be an inventor…yet
The European Patent Office Board of Appeal (EPO BoA) has confirmed that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be named as an inventor on a patent application. While the decision was issued in December 2021, the written reasoning has only just been published....
Unified Patent Court begins the appointment of judges in major step forward for single IP enforcement system
Unified Patent Court is biggest step forward in European intellectual property enforcement in 50 years New system will should save UK businesses looking to protect their IP in Europe thousands in fees Europe’s new one-stop shop for IP enforcement – the Unified Patent...
Carpmaels & Ransford promotes new senior associate
Jonathon Woodward was promoted to Senior Associate as of 1st July 2022 Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce the promotion of Jonathon Woodward to Senior Associate, effective from 1st July 2022. Jonny works across the Engineering, Tech and Chemistry teams...
The TRIPS waiver versus patents as Open Innovation enablers
On 17 June 2022, World Trade Organization members agreed on a patent waiver for developing countries (the Eligible Members)[1]. The patent waiver allows Eligible Members to waive patent rights without the patent-holder’s consent. It applies to patents needed for the...
AI inventions and patent law
A worldwide agreement on protection of inventions made by Artificial Intelligence is essential to address the threats posed by AI to the patent system, argue two academics at the University of New South Wales in Australia in a recent article[1] published in Nature....
All change (but not just yet) when it comes to AI and IP
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of life and the UK government has recognized that it is important to review IP laws to ensure that they evolve and promote innovation in this fast-paced area of technology. That was the...
Carpmaels & Ransford promotes two new partners
Ben Husband & Simon Llewellyn join the partnership on 1st July 2022 Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce the promotion of Ben Husband and Simon Llewellyn to the partnership, effective from 1st July 2022. Ben joined Carpmaels & Ransford in 2013...
Leadership transition at Finnegan illustrates continued commitment to diversity
WASHINGTON, DC—Finnegan is pleased to announce that Erika Harmon Arner will serve as managing partner of the firm’s 11 offices, effective July 1, 2022. Erika will succeed former managing partner Anand Sharma, who will assume the role of firm chair, held most recently...
Mewburn Ellis advises creators of Goodwood 2022 record breaker
IP firm advises the company behind the Spéirling electric hypercar which has just beaten the Goodwood Hillclimb record European IP firm Mewburn Ellis has advised British company McMurtry Automotive (“McMurtry”) on the patents behind the record-breaking Spéirling...
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