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The cognitive era: the next Industrial Revolution is powered by thought, not engines
AI adoption isn't just a passing trend; it is an irreversible shift in human productivity and creativity. We have moved beyond simple processing into an era of generative partnership. For the first time, our tools do more than organize data – they actively co-create...
Solve Intelligence raises $40M in Series B funding and is launching new product for generating patent claim charts
Solve Intelligence, the AI platform for the $200B+ patent industry, has raised $40M in Series B funding and is launching a new product for generating patent claim charts. Solve’s Series B comes just months after its $12M Series A, and brings total funding to $55M....
Clarivate launches Derwent Patent Monitor to enable fast and accurate decision-making with AI
Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the launch of Derwent Patent Monitor to streamline intellectual property (IP) and research and development (R&D) collaborative patent reviews when determining patentability,...
The evolution of AI in IP: what has changed
An analysis of practitioner sentiment, adoption patterns, and the governance challenges shaping AI’s role in IP practice New research from the Clarivate Centre for IP and Innovation Research shows that AI adoption in IP has increased from 57% in 2023 to 85% in 2025,...
Clarivate announces the development of IPfolio Law
Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the development of IPfolio Law, the next-generation, cloud-based IP management platform designed specifically for IP law firms. This Software as a Service (SaaS) IP Management system...
Downing Wellhead Equipment enforces its patents covering continuous pumping in hydraulic fracturing operations
The successful combination of hydraulic fracturing (or “frac”) technology with horizontal drilling dramatically increases production in tight-rock petroleum reservoirs and has resulted in a decades-long “shale revolution” in the United States. Frac technology has...
Source of the ‘common knowledge’ essential to conclude Patent lacking inventive step
To establish whether something is common general knowledge, the first and most important step is to look at the sources from which the skilled addressee could acquire the information. The Delhi High Court in an Appeal against the Order of Controller of Patents in Agfa...
BCLP expands IP and corporate practices with high-profile group hire
Following Seattle Office Launch, Firm Announces Latest Major Move with Group of 15 from Dentons Song Jung to Lead Prominent six-Partner IP Team and Jeff Haidet to Boost Transactional Capability Globally for BCLP WASHINGTON, DC and ATLANTA (June 20, 2023) –...
Google v. Sonos hearing… or not!
Have you wondered why the option of Google Assistant voice control, used to manage speakers, has disappeared from the Sonos app? The answer is straightforward: the long-standing dispute between the two companies. Last time, Google and Sonos confronted each other in...
Fake it till you make it: horizons in plant-based meat analogues
Shifting consumer attitudes, an uptake of plant-based and flexitarian diets, and a growing global demand for food are driving rapid expansion in the plant-based meat sector. In fact, sales of meat-free products are expected to exceed £1.1 billion in the UK by 2024....
Gearing up for the future: Ferrari’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Patent
A year ago, Ferrari announced that would invest 4.4 billion euros as part of its strategic plan for the 2022-26 period, aiming to unveil 15 new cars over the next few years, including high-performance cars with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). ADAS are...
The Supreme Court takes enablement law back to basics
On May 18, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen v. Sanofi, which concerns patent law’s enablement requirement. Under that requirement, codified at 35 U.S.C. § 112(a), a patent specification must describe “the invention” and “the manner and process of...
US Supreme Court: the more one claims, the more one must enable
On May 18, 2023, a unanimous US Supreme Court in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi[1] affirmed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that found Amgen’s patents invalid for lack of enablement. The Court held that the methods recited in Amgen’s patents did...
Delhi High Court highlights business methods exclusions need to be reconsidered
The Delhi High Court, in a recent order, while dealing with an appeal by OPENTV INC for refusal of its patent (by the Indian Patent Office), highlighted the need to revisit the blanket exclusions set out in section 3(k) in relation to “business methods.” The Court...
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