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Celebrating World IP Day: thoughts from our Editorial Board
As World Intellectual Property Day approaches on 26 April, 2025, we asked our Editorial Board for their thoughts on this year’s focus: ‘IP and music: feel the beat of IP.’ Providing unique insight from their respective jurisdictions, our Editorial Board members...
Delete all IP law: a billionaire’s switch from proprietor to opponent
Jack Dorsey tweeted, “Delete all IP law” on April 12, 2025. It is a strange position to take, considering the co-founder of Twitter has a current estimated stake of $1 billion in X Corp. and owns Block, Inc. (formerly Square). X, formerly Twitter, currently has over...
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...
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...
NLP in Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry accelerating demand improving EHR data usability to improve healthcare delivery and outcome
The global NLP in healthcare and life sciences market is anticipated to witness significant growth during the forecast period owing to the increasing advantages provided by the NLP technology in healthcare and life sciences sector. According to an article published in...
Carbon capture patents rise for fifth year running as companies race to address climate crisis
81% of global patents in 2020-21 were Chinese in origin UK lags other industrialised nations, with just two patents registered in the last year The number of global patents registered annually for carbon capture and storage has increased for the fifth year running,...
Top Chinese social video platform Bilibili joins the open invention network
Bilibili, China’s leading comprehensive video community, akin to YouTube, has become a licensee and community member of the Open Invention Network, the largest patent non-aggression community in history. With Bilibili, in addition to the signings earlier this year, of...
Nokia reaches 4,000 5G essential patent families milestone
Nokia has reached the milestone of 4,000 patent families declared as essential to 5G with more to follow Entire industries are powered by Nokia’s inventions in the field of cellular connectivity Nokia’s industry-leading patent portfolio is built on over €130bn...
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...
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