Our latest news roundup covers FRAND-rate setting and SEP policy updates.
Greenwashing continues to present a challenge for businesses looking to achieve genuine sustainability.
More than 20 of the UK’s leading UK venture capital funds, a group that manages more than £25bn between them, have signed an agreement designed to boost investment in high growth companies across Britain.
Once designated the ultimate go-to shoe for middle-aged dads in the US, the New Balance “dad shoe” is now a global phenomenon which has helped catapult New Balance in to a $5 billion business.
The EUIPO’s new Geographical Indication Hub has just been launched. It brings together everything you need to know about GIs (Geographical Indications).
The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued a practice update regarding the examination of patent applications involving artificial neural networks.
The EPO’s Board of Appeal in T0116/18 has provided welcome clarity on the application of G2/21 relating to post-filed data for inventive step.
Counterfeit medicines are on the rise. According to the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, more than 6,500 pharmaceutical crimes were recorded across the globe in 2022.
The Graphene Council and Potter Clarkson will present up-to-date information about the graphene and advanced materials sector, including strategies, the role of IP in advanced materials businesses, and the landscape of companies in the sector.
Earlier this year the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics, ETIP PV, published a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, SIRA. The purpose is to guide Europe’s clean energy transition to success, in part through setting out the current performance of PV technology and explaining why and how to go further.
Every business needs to think about its name and brand identity, and what that conveys to its customers.
In our latest article on Standard Essential Patents, SEPs, we look at the European Commission's, EC’s, proposed new framework for SEPs, feedback from stakeholders, and potential repercussions of the proposed framework on SEP owners and implementers.
An EPO Board of Appeal is expected imminently to request clarification from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning whether and to what extent amendment of the description of an application or patent to conform with the claims is required.
Healthwashing is the term used to describe the act of making a product (most frequently a food or drink) appear healthier than it is by making certain claims.
Fintech, or software that provides or is linked to the provision of financial services, is big business.