Over the last year, the fashion industry has turned to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to enhance the consumer experience, through the sale of digital fashion goods. Issues around ownership, transferability and infringement of copyright in digital assets are progressing fast, and that will only increase as companies adapt to the metaverse.
The National Security and Investment Act allows the government to scrutinise acquisitions that could harm the UK’s national security.
Recent UK IPO stats show a significant increase in patent applications relating to carbon capture, usage and storage technology in recent years.
Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) can provide up to five years’ extra patent protection for specific pharmaceutical products. The regulations are complex and the financial stakes high, resulting in multiple referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Alexander Ramsay, Chairman of the UPC Preparatory Committee is of the view that the London question will not delay the start of the UPC.
Although it has its limitations, the number of European patent applications that originate from a country can be taken as an indicator of its R&D productivity. While it may not give us the precision we’d like, it provides a good measure by which to compare the UK with other European nations.