How generative AI is forcing a rethink on obviousness
Generative AI burst into public consciousness at the end of 2022, and by January 2023, ChatGPT—one of the most popular large language models—amassed over 100 million users, becoming the fastest-growing app ever. Since then, much of the focus for intellectual property...
UK Government responds to the AI Action Plan
In January, the UK government set out its response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan that was developed by tech entrepreneur and Chair of Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Matt Clifford CBE. The plan set out recommendations for the government, which...
Artificial intelligence at the EUIPO
AI governance Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the core of the European Union Intellectual Property Office's (EUIPO) vision. Its approach to AI is human-centric, rooted in the needs and priorities of the staff, ensuring that AI serves as a helpful tool to support...
Public interest prevails: Roche denied injunction in patent dispute
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche) brought a Patent infringement case at the Delhi High Court against Natco Pharma Limited (Natco). The claim of Roche was based on infringement of its patent for a compound Risdiplam marketed under the brand name EVRYSDI® used in the...
Nokia signs patent license agreement with HP
License covers the use of Nokia’s video technologies in HP’s devices Nokia to receive royalty payments The agreement resolves all patent litigation between the parties 29 October 2024 – Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced it has signed a multi-year patent license...
AI patents at BofA increase 94% since 2022
Company’s patent portfolio includes nearly 1,100 AI and machine learning patents CHARLOTTE / LONDON / HONG KONG – Bank of America is dedicated to the use of innovative technology to best meet the needs of its clients and employees. This commitment to innovation has...
The dark side of fake goods: consumers put health, safety, and the economy at risk while fuelling organized crime
Organized crime groups take advantage of worldwide demand for low-priced goods, misleading consumers into purchasing fake goods Approximately 86 million fake items were seized in the EU in 2022, with an estimated value exceeding €2 billion Counterfeit goods represent...
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Perkins Coie report: WDTX Jury awards $14M in damages for infringement of three LED patents and finds infringement willful
A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, recently rendered an over $14 million patent infringement verdict in favor of light emitting diode (LED) manufacturer Jiaxing Super Lighting and its United States-based subsidiary...
Finnegan expands in Europe with launch of Munich office
Dr Jochen Herr joins to lead new practice in Germany Finnegan, one of the world’s largest IP law firms, will open a new office in Munich, Germany in January 2022. Dr Jochen Herr – a formidable IP litigator with a significant market reputation in Germany – will be...
Federal Circuit narrows the scope of design patent claims. Haynes & Boone report
The Federal Circuit recently held that a design claim is limited to the article of manufacture identified in the claim. In re: SurgiSil, L.L.P. et al., No. 2020-1940, 2021 WL 4515275 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2021). The design patent application in SurgiSil claimed an...
Budget 2021: why now is the time to innovate. Withers & Rogers report
Michael Jaeger, partner and patent attorney at European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers The Government’s focus on investing in driving economic growth will be seen as a boon by the UK’s innovative businesses. In particular, the decision to boost...
Murgitroyd expansion continues with addition of leading intellectual property practice, UDL
Deal creates one of the UK and Europe’s largest IP firms Murgitroyd, the global intellectual property company, announces the latest move in its international expansion strategy with the addition of UDL Intellectual Property (“UDL”), the highly respected UK-based IP...
Patents crucial to delivering green technologies: Mewburn Ellis report
New Green IP report from Mewburn Ellis To coincide with the launch of COP26, forward-looking IP firm Mewburn Ellis has released a new report into Green IP. The report examines the role of patents in making innovative ‘green’ technologies into a reality as well as how...
UK firms now paying £50,000+ ‘security bond’ just to litigate in EU post-Brexit: Mathys & Squire report
Fears that UK SMEs will be unable to afford to defend intellectual property in Europe Following the end of the Brexit transition period UK businesses are now having to pay ‘security bonds’ of £50,000 or more to courts in the European Union in order to litigate there,...
Double digit revenue growth prompts London office move for Potter Clarkson
Leading European intellectual property law firm, Potter Clarkson, has moved to larger premises in London following year-on-year revenue growth of 33%, a raft of stellar hires and an increase in big-ticket client work. Now based at 262 High Holborn, the firm’s rapidly...
YADRO joins the Open Invention Network community
According to IDC, YADRO is the market leader in enterprise storage and high-performance servers in Russia and Eastern Europe. Offering a full range of high-performance servers, storage systems and industry specific services and tools, YADRO leverages open source...
Squire Patton Boggs bolsters pro bono practice with addition of new pro bono patent program
Squire Patton Boggs has secured the first patent application as part of the firm’s new Pro Bono Patent Program. Patent attorneys Janice Rice and Eric Zylstra assisted client Beatriz Carrasco Nino with the patent application. Ms. Nino developed an herbal product...
LexisNexis launches new Sustainable Innovation Measurement framework enabling organizations globally to objectively track and report on innovation’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Industry-first alignment of patent data to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework revolutionizes sustainable innovation analysis. LexisNexis® Legal & Professional is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative extension to its...
Cybin files an international patent application covering psychedelic delivery methods
Cybin Inc.(NEO:CYBN) (NYSEAMERICAN:CYBN) (“Cybin” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company focused on progressing psychedelic therapeutics, recently announced that it has filed an international patent application related to methods for the delivery of psychedelic...
According to the UK Court of Appeal AI cannot be inventor of a patent. Rossiza Marinova reports
With its emerging in the 1950’s artificial intelligence (AI) has become a part of our everyday life very fast by enabling transformative developments in various industries and giving rise to entirely new services. As AI becomes increasingly autonomous in producing new...
Nokia achieves ISO 9001 for its high-quality patenting process
Nokia one of the first companies to receive ISO 9001 certification for its patent portfolio management Independent certification assessed every step of Nokia’s patent portfolio process ISO 9001 is the world’s best-known standard for quality management systems Espoo,...
Annual Awards for Intellectual Property Protection take on outsized significance amid a global pandemic
Licensing Executives Society (U.S. and Canada) recognizes the architects of three “Deals of Distinction™” and one President’s Award, as well as a licensing expert for making special contributions to the field During a year of unprecedented reliance on intellectual...
Is It possible to patent Bitcoin? Lyle D. Solomon reports
The hype surrounding cryptocurrencies has been growing over the past few years. Not only have they risen in terms of scope, but companies and countries have started to become more accepting of it. And with this impressive growth, various fintech companies are moving...
UK Court of Appeal upholds decision that AI machines cannot be ‘inventors’
Connor Griffith, Associate, and Mark Daniels, Partner, of Browne Jacobson LLP report Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 The Court of Appeal has held that an AI machine cannot be named as the ‘inventor’ of a patent,...
New research into lawyer wellbeing makes case for profession-wide change
Legal professionals at high risk of burnout, 69% have experienced mental ill-health, 1 in 5 bullied, harassed or discriminated against at work Legal mental health charity LawCare has released the findings of its research study Life in the Law. The research into...
Software patent applicants facing different outcomes at UKIPO and EPO says James Leach of Mewburn Ellis
Software patent applicants to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and European Property Office (EPO) appear to be facing different outcomes depending on which office they apply to, according to a new report from Mewburn Ellis LLP. The report is based on patent...
Anaqua delivers enhanced IP management to Bausch Health + ConvaTec Enhances Innovation Management with Anaqua
Anaqua’s AQX platform to provide patent and trademark management with integrated IP analytics LAVAL, QC, September 14, 2021 – Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider, today announced that Bausch Health Companies Inc. has...
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