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Is ChatGPT for patent lawyers?

Is ChatGPT for patent lawyers?

When I was young, Steve Jobs famously called computers “bicycles for the mind,” and the metaphor helped explain why computers are so useful to human beings. Bicycles help humans conserve energy from one step to the next, which is why they are the best walkers in the...

The wonder materials driving battery innovation

The wonder materials driving battery innovation

Every aspect of the battery lifecycle is experiencing innovation which is pushing batteries towards being arguably the most important technology of the 21st century.  For this reason, our recently published Battery Insights & IP Trends special report analyses...

A killer comma (,) that crashed Boeings’ patent

A killer comma (,) that crashed Boeings’ patent

Boeing the US aerospace giant ended up losing a very crucial patent due to a misplaced comma in the patent claim. Background: The patent under question was EP1798 872 dealing with the method of handling aircraft communication. The method discloses the use of different...

Is ChatGPT for Patent Lawyers?

When I was young, Steve Jobs famously called computers “bicycles for the mind,” and the metaphor helped explain why computers are so useful to human beings. Bicycles help humans conserve energy from one step to the next, which is why they are the best walkers in the...

Updated guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office

As a European Patent Attorney, one of my go-to texts is the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (EPO), known to many as simply the “Guidelines”.  The Guidelines are prepared by the EPO to direct the work of their employees, but they also provide...

Who owns the IP in ChatGPT?

Ever since the printing press was invented, tools have empowered the innovation and  creativity of humans to earn a pecuniary right from the things that they create. ChatGPT  is no less than the most advanced typewriter made freely available to us. It should be used...

Wait for it: New UP system will bring opportunities for SME innovators

Wait for it: New UP system will bring opportunities for SME innovators

After much inter-jurisdictional wrangling and several administrative false starts, we now have legal certainty that the new Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) regime will take effect on 1 June 2023. This has been caused by ratification by the German...

Novartis v Nacto : a testament to evolution of Indian Patent Law

Novartis v Nacto : a testament to evolution of Indian Patent Law

Patents are advanced intellectual property that establish the abilities and prospective future of a nation. The evolution of the Patent Law regime in India has been driven by a number of factors, including changes in technology, economic developments, and the global...

Amazon, Twitch hit with its first patent lawsuit of the year

Amazon, Twitch hit with its first patent lawsuit of the year

On 5th January 2023, Amazon was hit with its first patent lawsuit (3:23-cv-00057) of this year by BSD Crown Ltd., formerly known as Emblaze (2001-2014) and GEO Interactive Media Group (1995-2001). Currently, BSD Crown is involved in Food Retail Industry, but the...

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER appoints two partners and two counsel

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER appoints two partners and two counsel

Top-tier European IP boutique firm HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Michiel de Baat (Amsterdam) and Ivan Dimitrov (Düsseldorf) to the partnership and appointed Carina Höfer (Düsseldorf) and Tim Robrechts (Brussels) as counsel with the firm. The firm now has 47...

Harter Secrest & Emery announces new Partners

Harter Secrest & Emery announces new Partners

Daniel J. Altieri and Timothy W. Menasco Elected to Harter Secrest & Emery's Partnership Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that Daniel J. Altieri, from the firm’s Litigation...

High court holds on to jurisdiction in SEP case. EIP reports

High court holds on to jurisdiction in SEP case. EIP reports

The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the Unwired Planet v Huawei, and Conversant v Huawei & ZTE appeals affirmed the UK court’s jurisdiction to determine global FRAND licences in Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) disputes and to potentially injunct...

Perkins Coie adds veteran IP Partner Jim Go to Seattle office

Perkins Coie adds veteran IP Partner Jim Go to Seattle office

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that James (Jim) Go has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in its Seattle office. Jim focuses his practice on patent preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents in the related fields of...

Consultancy division flying at Taylor Rose MW

Consultancy division flying at Taylor Rose MW

Annual consultancy revenues have more than quadrupled since pre-pandemic Taylor Rose MW, the fast-growing and innovative UK law firm, has more than doubled the number of consultant solicitors in its legal consultancy division within the past year. With over 350...

Nokia reaches 4,000 5G essential patent families milestone

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...

Finnegan expands in Europe with launch of Munich office

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...

Budget 2021: why now is the time to innovate. Withers & Rogers report

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...

Patents crucial to delivering green technologies: Mewburn Ellis report

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...

YADRO joins the Open Invention Network community

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...

Nokia achieves ISO 9001 for its high-quality patenting process

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,...

Is It possible to patent Bitcoin? Lyle D. Solomon reports

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...

Xiaomi joins Open Invention Network patent peace community

Xiaomi joins Open Invention Network patent peace community

Xiaomi Corporation, the third largest global smartphone manufacturer, has joined the Open Invention Network, the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware...

Intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire appoints first COO

Intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire appoints first COO

Jont Cole joins from property giant JLL COO will drive strategic development and growth Leading intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire has appointed the first Chief Operating Officer in its 111-year history. Mathys & Squire explains that the firm’s...

Maker of TikTok joins the Open Invention Network community

Maker of TikTok joins the Open Invention Network community

ByteDance, the maker of TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the Chinese market – Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua – has joined Open Invention Network. As the maker of the leading global short video platform, ByteDance has joined the largest patent...

Veteran IP litigator Milton Springut Joins Moses & Singer

Veteran IP litigator Milton Springut Joins Moses & Singer

Moses & Singer LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Milton Springut as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice. His longtime colleague Caroline Boehm also joins as special counsel. Springut brings more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of IP...

The Australian Federal Court says an AI can be the inventor

The Australian Federal Court says an AI can be the inventor

The Australian Federal Court has recently handed down a decision that an AI can be named as the inventor in a patent application. The patent application relates to two inventions: a beverage container having a fractal wall; and a signal beacon, both generated by DABUS...

Patents don’t kill – Marie Barani reports

Patents don’t kill – Marie Barani reports

With the European Commission acting as legislator and regulator, and the European Parliament and Council representing the European executive power, Brussels is home to some of the main European institutions as well as lobbyists. Early July, two ads portraying opposing...

EIP US announces growth with patent hires

EIP US announces growth with patent hires

EIP US has announced growth of its patent capability with two specialists joining its Denver office. Peter Scull, a registered US patent attorney with 25 years’ experience, joins EIP from Hamilton DeSanctis & Cha (HDC) where he spent over nine years.  Peter...

Saebryn reports: How delegate.legal is changing the legal field

Saebryn reports: How delegate.legal is changing the legal field

Navigating remote work is complicated. Though attorneys have been practicing in remote settings for many years, up until the pandemic they could only practice in the same state in which they were licensed. With the recent guidance issued by the American Bar...

TTI selects Anaqua to power its drive for enhanced patent management

TTI selects Anaqua to power its drive for enhanced patent management

World leader in cordless technology to benefit from integrated suite of IP tools  Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider, recently announced that Techtronic Industries (TTI), a world leader in power tools and cordless...

AIPPI releases position paper on TRIPS agreement COVID-19 waiver

AIPPI releases position paper on TRIPS agreement COVID-19 waiver

The Standing Committees on TRIPS and Pharma at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle - AIPPI), recently released an AIPPI Bureau approved position paper...

eCommerce company Shopify joins Open Invention Network

eCommerce company Shopify joins Open Invention Network

Today Shopify and Open Invention Network announced that the eCommerce company has joined its patent non-aggression community. As one of the largest global commerce platforms that provides tools to start, grow and manage a retail business of any size, Shopify said it...

EIP and Stobbs announce new collaboration

EIP and Stobbs announce new collaboration

Two pioneering IP firms, EIP and Stobbs, are announcing a new collaboration to provide clients with specialist services in patent protection and trademarking. The innovative agreement will see EIP, a European and US IP firm, focusing on high-value patent matters and...

New Partner for Withers & Rogers LLP

New Partner for Withers & Rogers LLP

European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, is delighted to announce the promotion of Christopher Range to the firm’s partnership. Having joined the firm’s Leamington Spa office in 2011, Christopher qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European...

World IP Day: How to take your idea to market as an SME

World IP Day: How to take your idea to market as an SME

With SMEs accounting for the majority of businesses worldwide, it is no surprise that we are seeing more and more innovation coming from SME businesses. Effectively understanding how to take that innovation to market, and then to optimize profit generation resulting...

Nokia and Lenovo conclude patent cross-licensing agreement

Nokia and Lenovo conclude patent cross-licensing agreement

Nokia recently announced that it has concluded a multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo. Under the agreement, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia. The terms of the agreement remain confidential. The agreement resolves all...

Withers & Rogers appoints new Chair and Head of Strategic Operations

Withers & Rogers appoints new Chair and Head of Strategic Operations

European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, is delighted to announce the appointment of as its new Chair, as well as the appointment of Zoe Bailey, who is joining the firm as its new Head of Strategic Operations. With her career in intellectual property...

Robert Reading reports: the 2021 International IP Index

Robert Reading reports: the 2021 International IP Index

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC) has published its annual International Intellectual Property Index for 2021. The Index, now in its ninth edition, analyses and benchmarks IP rights in 53 economies across the globe, representing over...

EIP announces hire of new CEO from AWA

EIP announces hire of new CEO from AWA

EIP, the leading international IP firm, have announced the appointment of Magnus Hallin as Chief Executive. He joins from AWA, an eminent European IP firm. Magnus is a lawyer who spent 10 years practicing IP law and litigation before moving into management at AWA...

IP leader Powell Gilbert further expands team with new associate hire

IP leader Powell Gilbert further expands team with new associate hire

Law firm adds Jennifer O’Kane to its growing team LONDON – Top-ranked IP law firm Powell Gilbert LLP today announces that it has bolstered its team with the appointment of Jennifer O’Kane as an associate. Jennifer’s arrival makes her the fifth addition to the...

Nokia and Samsung sign patent licensing agreement  for video standards

Nokia and Samsung sign patent licensing agreement for video standards

         Agreement covers use of Nokia’s inventions in video standards Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Samsung sign patent licensing agreement. Nokia recently announced  that it has signed a patent license agreement with Samsung, which covers the use of Nokia’s innovations...

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