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Best practices for drafting strong patent claims
In the life span of any business, the investment goes way beyond the financial aspects. It's the years of dedication, contemplating, experimenting, and actively refining your idea of a product or service cut through the market. From the moment an idea is born,...
UK Government decides not to reduce or limit R&D tax credits
The UK Government’s 2024 Budget, while squarely focused on tax increases and revenue measures, suggests a pragmatic recognition by the new Labour administration that sustainable tax receipts are ideally underpinned by economic growth and wealth creation. In a global...
Calcutta High Court issues IP Division Rules
The Calcutta High Court recently adopted the much-awaited Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2023 (Calcutta IPD Rules), making it the third High Court in India, after Delhi and Madras, to implement specialized regulations for IP matters. While the Calcutta...
How I would use AI to steal your design… and what you can do about it
To protect our designs, ideas, and innovations, we must think like an infringer. May AI allow bad actors to knock off your design… and get away with it? First, we need to understand AI-assisted design. Like all new tech, AI will follow Amara’s law. We overestimate the...
AstraZeneca challenges Axelpharm’s cancer drug patent
AstraZeneca is a world-renowned pharmaceutical company. It owns many patents in Russia and takes steps to protect them against encroachers. Its medicines are exempt from sanctions because they are mainly used for the life-preserving treatment of cancer. Axelpharm, a...
Proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents
On 27 April 2023 the European Commission presented its proposal for a new regulatory framework for the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs) in the EU. The draft regulation seeks to '(i) make available detailed information on SEPs and existing FRAND terms and...
Is the European Artificial Intelligence Act going to become the de-facto global regime for artificial intelligence?
11 May 2023 marked the day the European Parliament's Committees gave the green light to the proposed European Artificial Intelligence Act (“EU AI Act”). It is now scheduled for a final debate in Parliament on 13 June 2023. Some members of European Parliament are...
Gilead wins: high-stakes battle over HIV drug patents
In the hallowed halls of intellectual property (IP) and the pharmaceutical industry, Gilead Sciences' recent victory over the US government is a game changer, folks. This isn't just about Gilead shaking off the government's patent claims like a dog shaking off water;...
Number of UK “Green Channel” patents falls by 47% within the last year
The fall in patent applications indicates the need for a better system to stimulate green technology Reduction of patent fees likely to increase eco-friendly inventions The number of “Green Channel” patent applications in the UK has fallen by 47% within the last year,...
IPO published transformation document: new patents service – one year to go
The new service will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months. Today, the IPO has published a transformation document which sets out what patents customers can expect over the next 12 months, and details of upcoming...
Unified Patent Court: continued preparations for its imminent launch
The implementation roadmap for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) was released in October 2022 by the UPC Preparatory team. The roadmap displays the key activities and milestones for the UPC in the lead up to its scheduled launch on June 1, 2023. One of those major...
Evergreening of patents: an elixir of life for pharmaceutical companies
“Mindless habitual behaviour is the enemy of innovation.”- Rosabeth Moss Kanter Grant of a patent is a monopoly right given exclusively to an inventor for a limited period of time. Such an invention should be new, non- obvious, and a useful product or process. In the...
Mental Health Awareness Week: get help!
Angus Lyon, LawCare volunteer and former solicitor who now works counselling lawyers online, writes about anxiety in the legal profession for Mental Health Awareness Week. There’s an old New Yorker cartoon by Danny Shanahan. Panel 1 shows Timmy floundering in a fast...
This Mental Health Awareness Week, LawCare is getting the legal community talking about anxiety
Anxiety is the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) and LawCare, the legal mental health and wellbeing charity, are highlighting the prevalence of anxiety in the legal community. Anxiety is one of the top three reasons people working in the law...
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