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Electronics and engineering companies lead 2022 EPO filings
The EPO’s Patent Index 2022, published last month, shows that seventeen of the top twenty applicants for last year are electronics or engineering oriented.
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Patent term extensions and exclusivity amid blockbuster drug patent expirations
When AbbVie and Amgen agreed a settlement over Humira back in 2017, the prospect of AbbVie’s blockbuster drug being impacted by biosimilar competition seemed a long way in the future. However, it has now not only come and gone but has also arguably heralded in the age of the ‘patent cliff’.
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What are Standard Essential Patents?
This white paper aims to provide a thorough understanding of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and their significance for businesses.
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Is AI about to revolutionise agritech?
Farming is one of the world’s most important industries. Arguably as the food crisis worsens, it will continue to become even more important. As it does, farmers will need help to increase crops yield and livestock growth. A large part of this help will come from technology and, more specifically, from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Why World IP Day this year is so important for innovation
Each year on April 26, professionals from all over the world come together to mark World Intellectual Property Day.
Energizing artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) and, in particular, machine learning is becoming a tool that is used in many technological fields. In the field of batteries and energy storage, the opportunities to apply AI and machine learning techniques are wide-ranging.
Software in energy storage technology
Software is playing a greater role in all aspects of innovation.
Is AI about to revolutionise foodtech?
When foodtech is mentioned, most people will immediately think of the science involved in food production, the proteins, microorganisms, and fermentation processes.
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Spotlight on Solar PV
Harnessing solar energy, our most abundant renewable energy resource, has enormous potential for climate change mitigation.
UKIPO launches SEPs questionnaire for SMEs
The UK Intellectual Property Office, UKIPO, has launched a questionnaire designed for specific stakeholders in the Standard Essential Patents, SEPs, sector to help the UK Government assess whether intervention into the SEPs ecosystem is required.
EPO hints at accepting the ‘PCT joint applicants’ approach for priority
The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued a communication hinting that it is likely to endorse the so-called PCT joint applicants approach to priority. This should come as a relief to those with pre-AIA US priority applications. It also suggests a slightly more permissive view on priority entitlement, which could be favourable for patentees and applicants in a wider range of situations.
Could Patent Box reduce your Corporation Tax bill?
If you have created or developed a patented invention or a product that uses patented innovation, you may be eligible to use Patent Box to reduce your Corporation Tax bill.
Hidden Value: The digital IP you didn't realise you have
Today every business is a digital business. If you don’t believe me, think about the following scenarios:
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Intellectual property considerations in IoT innovation
The range of technologies incorporated into IoT devices make protecting them a strategic process of balancing technical and business-specific decisions, which leads us to the question that all IoT-focused businesses should be asking: what are the intellectual property considerations when it comes to IoT innovations?
Plausible or not? EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal leaves us in the dark on post-filed data and inventive step
The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has attempted to clarify the law concerning the doctrine of ‘plausibility’ and the use of post-filed data to support inventive step. The questions answered are of particular relevance to those in the life science sector.
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Lidl v Tesco: Lord Justice Arnold reverses strike out of Tesco’s bad faith counterclaim
In the latest development in the intellectual property fight between Lidl and Tesco, the Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling to strike out Tesco’s bad faith counterclaim. We can now expect the Court to consider whether Lidl’s actions constitute bad faith by repeatedly filing the same mark (‘evergreening’), where the mark may have been obtained for the purpose of bringing legal proceedings, and despite it not being registered strictly in the form that it is used.