Digital health is the use of software and digital technology in healthcare. It is a huge growth area with a myriad of new health and fitness tracking devices (and associated software), APIs and apps flooding the market that interact with health care providers, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance providers.
Criticisms of the UK Prime Minister’s recent announcement that several net zero policies will be diluted are fuelling debate on whether the UK can continue to lead on climate action if it is seen as back-tracking on climate policies.
In the realm of start-ups and investments, investors are now placing an increasingly high value on the critical role IP plays in the growth trajectory of start-ups.
In a landmark ruling the local division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Munich issued a preliminary injunction against NanoString Technologies based on European Patent 4 108 782 B1, successfully asserted by 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College (licensee and patentee).
Potter Clarkson is delighted to announce that eight attorneys have been nominated as some of the world's leading patent and trade mark practitioners in this year's edition of WWL: IP.
In the spring of 2023, an extensive investigation into geographical indications was launched in 26 European Countries during the latest phase of Operation Opson.