Matthew Naylor - June 16, 2025 UPC Weekly - Where have we got to with the UPC doctrine of equivalents? 2025 Week 24 It’s often the thorniest substantive question in patent litigation, and by extension ...
Matthew Naylor - June 9, 2025 UPC Weekly - Playing the longer game – patentee wins on the merits after a failed PI 2025 Week 23 Sometimes you need to know when to take a step back from enforcing your patent, and ...
Eleanor Maciver - June 4, 2025 Plastics in Transition: EPO Report Highlights Innovation Surge in Waste Management The European Patent Office (EPO) has published a new report, Plastics in Transition, analysing ...
Lucy Coe - June 2, 2025 UPC Weekly - Using parallel UPC and EPO proceedings as a strategic tool 2025 Week 22 As we enter the third year of the UPC, we are seeing more and more parallel UPC ...
Niles Beadman - May 27, 2025 Nyobolt: Six minutes to charge an electric car The battery maker's niobium tungsten oxide anode will revolutionise electric vehicles.
Matthew Naylor - May 27, 2025 UPC Weekly - Juicer patent: no additives but no invention 2025 Week 21 In April 2024, Korean kitchen appliance firm Hurom launched patent infringement ...
Jessica Pemberton - May 20, 2025 The Beginning of a New Age of Painkillers In January 2025, the US Food and Drug administration approved suzetrigine (Journavx), the first of ...
Matthew Smith - May 19, 2025 Cheminformatics 101: The science behind smarter drug design In a recent article published in Pharmaphorum, we explore how cheminformatics is shaping the future ...
Eliot Ward - May 19, 2025 UPC Weekly - ‘Off label’ and off the hook: UPC finds no infringement of second medical use patent 2025 Week 20 For many years, the EPO has recognised that the novelty and inventiveness of a ...
Matthew Smith - May 16, 2025 Information overload: ‘More’ is not necessarily ‘Merrier’ Materials Informatics (MI) has the potential to revolutionise how Advanced Material discovery is ...
Matthew Naylor - May 12, 2025 UPC Weekly - UPC preliminary injunction proceedings – a big stick even if denied? 2025 Week 19 Your patent is valid and in force. The alleged infringement falls squarely inside the ...
Matthew Naylor - May 6, 2025 UPC Weekly - UPC Court of Appeal imposes preliminary injunction based on a fresh claim interpretation 2025 Week 18 The UPC Court of Appeal has had its fair share of preliminary injunction (PI) cases. A ...
Eleanor Maciver - May 2, 2025 Ask a VC: how do we build a UK greentech sector fit for the future? Pippa Gawley is the founder of Zero Carbon Capital, a deep tech climate investment fund. She ...
Matthew Naylor - April 28, 2025 UPC Weekly - Costs at the UPC – some sharp edges to watch out for 2025 Week 17 This week we take a look at how the winning party at the UPC should apply for their ...
Matthew Smith - April 24, 2025 The Element of Surprise – you can run but you can’t hyd(Rogen) In the quest for clean and renewable energy sources, hydrogen has emerged as one of the most ...
Matthew Naylor - April 22, 2025 UPC Weekly - The saisie out of the recycling bin 2025 Week 16 After an initial flurry and then a plateau, the cumulative number of applications for ...
Matthew Smith - April 17, 2025 How AI is impacting IP strategy in Advanced Materials The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in chemical exploration is ...
Lucy Coe - April 14, 2025 UPC Weekly - Infringement of product-by-process at the UPC 2025 Week 15 Another first from the UPC this week – how to go about deciding on infringement and ...
Matthew Naylor - April 7, 2025 UPC Weekly - Hey, why don’t we all just use the problem-solution approach? 2025 Week 14 It’s been a big week at the UPC. So many decisions issued that normally it would be a ...
Matthew Naylor - March 24, 2025 UPC Weekly - Some plain speaking from the UPC – on its existence and ambushes 2025 Week 12 There used to be a great rule-of-thumb for reading the headlines of certain British ...
Matthew Naylor - March 10, 2025 UPC Weekly - UPC Court of Appeal adds more colour to preliminary injunction decisions 2025 Week 10 We love having a couple of contrasting UPC decisions here at UPC Weekly. This time we ...
Eleanor Maciver - March 7, 2025 Ask a VC: how can UK greentech startups scale and compete globally? Elbow Beach Capital is an early-stage climate tech investor in the UK. It takes equity stakes from ...
Matthew Naylor - March 3, 2025 UPC Weekly - The wood chipper, the restoration and the avalanche rescue sequel 2025 Week 9 There are three cases in the mix for discussion this week. First we look at an ...
Matthew Barton - February 26, 2025 Battery Report 2024: Reap what you Sodium The Volta Foundation have recently released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Matthew Naylor - February 24, 2025 UPC Weekly - UPC Court of Appeal takes a new approach to assessing added subject matter 2025 Week 8 It has always been clear that the UPC Court of Appeal (UPC CoA) would have a hugely ...
Matthew Naylor - February 17, 2025 UPC Weekly - Secrets and files 2025 Week 7 One of the richest seams of UPC procedural case law so far is all about how parties can ...
Niles Beadman - February 11, 2025 Battery Report 2024: What’s the Solid-State of Affairs? The Volta Foundation have recently released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Matthew Naylor - February 10, 2025 UPC Weekly - Two infringement actions, only one counterclaim for revocation, and an EPO opposition with rocket boosters 2025 Week 6 Lenovo/Motorola and Ericsson are battling it out in an ongoing global dispute about 5G ...
Rachel Pindar - February 4, 2025 Battery Report 2024: BESS surging in the “Decade of Energy Storage” The Volta Foundation have just released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Matthew Naylor - February 3, 2025 UPC Weekly - The UPC’s long arm jurisdiction balances against a strict approach to validity 2025 Week 5 Long before the UPC opened its doors for business, there was speculation about whether ...
David Brooks - January 28, 2025 Battery Report 2024: At sea and in space – EVs beyond cars The Volta Foundation have just released the 2024 edition of their annual Battery Report. These ...
Matthew Naylor - January 27, 2025 UPC Weekly - No second bite of the cherry for an intervener at the UPC 2025 Week 4 In the usual run of patent litigation, there is a claimant and a defendant and the rest ...
Eleanor Maciver - October 22, 2024 Ask a VC: how important is it for greentech startups to have an IP strategy? We asked Jonathan Tudor, Investment Partner at Clean Growth Fund, to explain how venture ...
Matthew Smith - October 11, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is proud to have co-hosted the London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024! This week, we were proud to welcome 14 Japanese Patent Attorneys from various companies in Japan as ...
Niles Beadman - October 7, 2024 Battery Manufacturing: Funding the Future In September, the US Department of Energy announced the latest round of funding to electrify the ...
Matthew Smith - September 19, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to co-host London week of the JIPA European Seminar 2024! We are looking forward to co-hosting the London week of the JIPA F4 Course (European patent ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 18, 2024 Professor David Nutt’s new psychedelic mission The expert on drugs is researching the potential to treat mental health disorders with ...
Jeremy Webster - July 26, 2024 Meet the team: Jeremy Webster, Partner, Head of Chemistry As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner and head of chemistry, Jeremy Webster, ...
Callum McGuinn - June 25, 2024 Battery Patents: Clearing the Way Speaking to Intercalation, Callum McGuinn explores what has been happening in battery patent ...
Jane Liu - June 25, 2024 Alive with Possibilities - The Future of Sustainable Plastics and Beyond As the production and consumption of plastics continues to surge, so too has the accumulation of ...
Joseph Newcombe - June 24, 2024 FDA decision on MDMA therapy hangs in the balance Recent positive data from a phase III clinical trial of MDMA assisted psychotherapy for the ...
Callum McGuinn - June 6, 2024 How liquid air can store solar and wind energy Storing energy from solar and wind is a huge challenge. We talk to Highview Power, whose liquid air ...
Simon Parry - May 20, 2024 Electric ships are here. But how to charge them? Ports need to supply ships with megawatts of power to charge in under two hours. The BlueStor ...
Callum McGuinn - May 14, 2024 Capturing solar and wind: how Geyser Batteries can balance the grid The grid needs a rapid way to balance input and output. Geyser Batteries of Finland may have the ...
Eleanor Maciver - April 26, 2024 Cleantech Commercialisation Report: Highlights and Trends Today (26 April 2024) the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 22, 2024 From grass to graphene: could methane answer the call for rising nanomaterial demand? Methane, the principal component in natural gas, accounts for approximately a third of the ...
Sarah Morrow - February 29, 2024 UKIPO Green Technology Report 2024 When the UK set a legally binding target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it was ...
Matthew Barton - February 29, 2024 Sodium alternatives to lithium-ion batteries? Na, we’re not Li-ion! The importance of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in modern society is no secret. They dominate the ...
David Brooks - February 27, 2024 Graphene Medtech: The Next Frontier It has been 20 years since Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov first isolated graphene: the two ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 2, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions Conference Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions ...
Rebecca Blundell - February 2, 2024 Sustainable shoes: Fossil Fuels are so last year! It is estimated that 24 billion pairs of shoes are made every year. Many of these will contain ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 30, 2024 Plant based leather - the eco-friendly alternative hitting the catwalks Vegan leather isn’t only an ecofriendly alternative, which isn’t made from animals. It’s also being ...
Sophie Chua - January 16, 2024 Gigafactories & IP: Protecting the processes that power the future As the use of electric vehicles (EVs) becomes increasingly prevalent, demand for batteries is set ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 3, 2024 Plastic Packaging Pollution: Kelp is on the Way! Plastic packaging materials have revolutionised modern life. They have several important properties ...
David Brooks - December 20, 2023 UK Battery Strategy Commentary Ahead of the Global Investment Summit hosted recently in November 2023 at Hampton Court Palace, the ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 19, 2023 The Royal Institution's new mission With 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, the organisation is finding new ways to enthuse the ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 12, 2023 New highs for psychedelics in the clinic Psychedelic compounds have long been experimented with for their mind-altering properties, but in ...
David Brooks - December 5, 2023 Layering up: how graphene is disrupting the sportswear industry Earlier this year, Novak Djokovic broke the men’s tennis record for the most Grand Slam tournament ...
Sarah Morrow - November 29, 2023 What is Graphene? For an undergraduate scientist, the answer to the question “What is graphene?” is perhaps all ...
Niles Beadman - November 28, 2023 Invention Capture: 5 Steps to Success - Transforming Technology to Patent Protection Invention capturing, also referred to as invention harvesting or invention mining, is the start of ...
Eleanor Maciver - November 17, 2023 The polymathic Professor Michael Shaver The maverick scientist leads the SMI Hub in Manchester. He’s bringing together environmentalists, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 8, 2023 Validating European patents outside Europe - the Validation State system We are pleased to launch our latest report Validating European patents outside Europe - the ...
Nathan Zhang - October 24, 2023 After the road: how to recycle old tyres With a billion tyres going to the scrapheap each year, the industry is seeking to end the waste. ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 23, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Oxford, 7 December 2023 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting in ...
Matthew Barton - October 6, 2023 Recycling the Rainbow - coloured plastics in the circular economy Single-use plastic has become indispensable in everyday life, particularly in the packaging of ...
Nathan Zhang - October 3, 2023 Taking (personal) care of the future The market size of beauty and personal care is huge, valued at a global revenue of over $570 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 19, 2023 Not just window dressing: the technologies making textiles greener Not only are textiles the biggest source of microplastics globally, supplying the world’s clothing ...
Matthew Smith - September 8, 2023 Trends in Graphene IP – a refresh Last year, we delved into the data to see how the number of patent publications coming out had ...
David Brooks - September 6, 2023 Graphene: permeating the hydrogen economy The growth of the so-called “hydrogen economy” is crucial to achieving net-zero carbon emissions ...
David Brooks - September 6, 2023 IP audits for battery and energy storage businesses Companies working in the fields of batteries and energy storage often have a wealth of intellectual ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 5, 2023 Meet The Team: Joseph Newcombe, Associate and Patent Attorney, Sustainable Pharma Commentator As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Joseph Newcombe about being involved in the ...
Fynn McLennan - August 21, 2023 Silicon anodes: where are we now? In 2020, we wrote about some of the approaches being taken to develop viable silicon-based anodes. ...
Niles Beadman - August 8, 2023 Superconductor sparks excitement, but meets resistance The last few weeks have seen the rise of an unlikely social media star – the claimed ...
Thomas Lonsdale - July 31, 2023 Green Aviation – Ready for Take off! In 2022 aviation accounted for ca. 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, with around 800 Mt ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 18, 2023 Does Green IP mean go? Exploring acceleration under the UKIPO’s “Green Channel” We are pleased to launch our latest report Does Green IP mean go? Exploring acceleration under the ...
Alexander Cavell - July 17, 2023 Developing battery technology? Think inside the Box! The Patent Box is a tax break scheme that is designed to encourage companies, such as those ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 26, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Cambridge, 13 September Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Cambridge Cleantech to present an exciting in ...
Lisa Sharma - June 20, 2023 Making plastic disappear It comes as no surprise, that single-use plastic remains one of the most pressing environmental ...
Matthew Smith - June 12, 2023 Meet Ava Garside, teenage graphene innovator Ava Garside first created her pollution sensor badge aged 12. Now she's pushing the boundaries of ...
Jacqueline Murphy - May 16, 2023 Green Tech: Making IP Part of Your Toolkit - Webinar On Wednesday 21 June, we are delighted to be hosting in partnership with Oxfordshire Greentech a ...
Joseph Newcombe - April 26, 2023 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — new order In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Thea Toutoungy - April 21, 2023 The lithium rush: an unsustainable approach to sustainability? In recent years, the world has seen the significant consequences of our continued heavy dependence ...
Jacqueline Murphy - April 19, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – our co-hosted event with Oxfordshire Greentech On Wednesday 22 March, we were delighted to co-host an in-person event with Oxfordshire Greentech ...
Alison Fugard - April 14, 2023 “Wood”n’t it be nice? - Turning over a new leaf in wood-based packaging For years, we have been aware of the need to reduce our reliance on plastic. But there is a reason ...
Paul Dunne - March 21, 2023 Reborn! How a radical process will be able to give new life to unwanted boats There are around a million boats in the UK and eventually they will all need to be recycled. The ...
Eleanor Maciver - March 15, 2023 Mycelium, a natural wonder In an ever more eco-aware world, Ecovative is creating foam, fashion, face masks and food from ...
Nathan Zhang - March 13, 2023 Wearing down tyre emissions The amount of particulate material which comes out of an exhaust pipe of a car is relatively modest ...
Matthew Barton - March 3, 2023 Conservation innovation – working towards a world for both humans and wildlife With a rapidly growing human global population, predicted to reach 10 billion by 2057, our impact ...
Robert Watson - March 2, 2023 Julie Carlisle and Robert Watson in PharmaTimes — everything I own? Featured in PharmaTimes, Julie Carlisle and Robert Watson dig deep into the maelstrom of ...
Joseph Newcombe - March 1, 2023 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — circle of life In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Niles Beadman - February 21, 2023 Faraday Battery Challenge: Funding the Future Michael Faraday uncovered the link between electricity and magnetism, built the first electric ...
Paul Dunne - February 13, 2023 Plastics and climate change - a solution and a problem Plastics have the potential to play a crucial role in emission-saving technologies – from the ...
Callum McGuinn - February 8, 2023 Meet the team: Callum McGuinn, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Callum McGuinn about his journey to becoming a ...
Julie Carlisle - February 5, 2023 Meet the team: Julie Carlisle, Partner, Patent Attorney and Litigator in the Chemistry team, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Julie Carlisle about her journey to becoming a ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 30, 2023 Battery insights & IP trends - new special report We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest special report Battery insights & IP ...
Eleanor Maciver - January 24, 2023 Meet the team: Eleanor Maciver, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, Cambridge As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Eleanor Maciver about her journey to becoming a ...
Sam Bailey - January 16, 2023 Battery innovation - an enabling technology for the reduction of greenhouse emissions From both sides of the research community, companies and academics are working to not only invent ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 9, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – in person event, Oxford UK, 22 March 2023 We are delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting new in person ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 8, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — Reality checked In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks at how COP27 ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 25, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — We are the robots In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks his experience at ...
David Brooks - November 24, 2022 Graphene: the commercial disrupter Graphene has generated a tremendous amount of excitement since it was first isolated at the ...
Jonathan Wills - November 23, 2022 Opposition and examination oral proceedings by videoconference (ViCo) now as standard In response to the significant travel restrictions that were in place across Europe during the ...
Julie Carlisle - November 16, 2022 European validation strategies for pharmaceutical patents – an update In January 2021, we published our Special Report on EP validation strategies for pharmaceutical ...
Matthew Barton - November 1, 2022 Vets: who’s taking care of the animal caregivers? Our pets are members of the family, and we would do everything we can to make sure they stay fit ...
Paul Dunne - November 1, 2022 Meet the team: Paul Dunne, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, Bristol As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Paul Dunne about his journey to becoming a patent ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 25, 2022 Graphene: patenting a wonder material Our Special Report Graphene: patenting a wonder material examines graphene-related patent ...
Fynn McLennan - October 17, 2022 Picky and potent: bioorthogonal chemistry in therapy There exist chemical moieties that are essentially invisible to the machinery in the mammalian ...
Joseph Newcombe - October 11, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — biohazard In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Matthew Smith - September 13, 2022 Supercrystals A new process allows for the creation of conductive nanocrystals, offering an extraordinarily wide ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 3, 2022 Alternative proteins: you can’t magic anything out of thin air – or can you? It’s hard to miss the scale of investor and consumer appetite for sustainable, future foods. Future ...
Joseph Newcombe - August 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — chemical reaction In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Sam Bailey - July 20, 2022 Electrolytes: the challenge for new-age batteries Most people have heard some version of a horror story about a laptop spontaneously catching fire or ...
Fynn McLennan - July 5, 2022 Bacteria: a surface level understanding Surfaces pose a unique challenge in the on-going war against pathogenic bacteria. Bacteria may ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 30, 2022 High hopes for hydrogen electrolysers: EPO report looks to the future of green hydrogen production Hydrogen is often seen as the “fuel of the future” due to its high energy density, its abundance ...
Julie Carlisle - June 22, 2022 The surprising world of canine oncology Dog cancer specialist Dr Clare Knottenbelt reveals the insights derived from studying and treating ...
Callum McGuinn - May 12, 2022 Better battery regulations From 1 July 2024, all rechargeable industrial and EV batteries will require a carbon footprint ...
Alison Fugard - May 12, 2022 Life in plastic Plastic is prevalent in all areas of society, as is the growing awareness of its environmental ...
Niles Beadman - May 3, 2022 Recycl-ink: innovations in ink recycling Efforts to improve recyclability are typically focused on high volume, bulk materials like plastic ...
Joseph Newcombe - May 2, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — green party In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Joseph Newcombe - April 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — breath of fresh air In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Rebecca Blundell - March 24, 2022 From bottle to throttle: upcycling plastic waste into the tyre industry In the UK alone 35.8 million plastic bottles are used and discarded every day. And, with ...
Joseph Newcombe - March 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — a force of nature In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Genevieve Pugh - February 17, 2022 Battery materials – sourcing a brighter battery-powered future As demonstrated by the recent COP 26 UN Climate Change conference, the climate crisis is weighing ...
Sophie Chua - February 17, 2022 Taking-off into a cleaner future: composites in the aviation industry As the world gradually returns to its pre-pandemic levels of air travel, the importance of ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 16, 2022 Sustainability - good intentions are not enough There is growing awareness and alarm at the impact humans are having on the planet. The 2022 COP26 ...
Elizabeth Dale - January 20, 2022 Plastics getting greener Industry has listened, and learned – plastics are becoming more and more environmentally ...
Fynn McLennan - January 10, 2022 Solid-state electrolytes – a firm footing for the future? Innovation must produce sustainable solutions in every area of technology to help the world avert ...
Jonathan Wills - December 15, 2021 EPO Boards of Appeal to relocate back to Munich The President of the EPO has recently announced a plan to move the Boards of Appeal back to the ...
Matthew Smith - December 8, 2021 Podcast with James Baker: Graphene at the GEIC — the material creating a better, more sustainable future James Baker, CEO of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, joins Forward Editor Caitlin ...
Niles Beadman - November 23, 2021 Inspired by nature – the microbial revolution As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Associate Niles Beadman explores the microbial ...
Alison Fugard - November 23, 2021 The green graphene revolution – the pursuit of sustainability If there is one word to describe graphene, it is “potential”. Since its discovery the possibilities ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 19, 2021 A cleaner, greener future for pharma The pharma industry is centred on the mission of providing life-saving medicines for healthcare. In ...
Thomas Lonsdale - November 16, 2021 Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide From the start of 2021 up to the date of writing this blog in November, an estimated 37 billion ...
Sean Jauss - November 12, 2021 LG Chem vs SK Innovation: law & politics in the EV market Sales of electric vehicles are booming. With global stock up from less than 1 million in 2014 to ...
Paul Dunne - October 27, 2021 Planet-saving partnerships: collaborating on sustainable innovation In the race to bring forward sustainable solutions, worlds are colliding and ideas are flowing. As ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 26, 2021 New Green IP Report launched To coincide with the launch of COP26 we have released a new report into Green IP. Our report ...
Robert Watson - October 18, 2021 Missed the 30 September 2021 deadline for refiling RCDs pending at 31 December 2020 in the UK – there may be a solution! As widely discussed, 30 September 2021 was the deadline for refiling Registered Community Design ...
Andrew Williams - October 5, 2021 Change and Opportunity: SPCs in the post-Brexit era Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are incredibly important IP rights that help ...
Sam Bailey - October 1, 2021 Intercalation Station: bringing new energy to battery industry reporting This online news channel offers an insider’s viewpoint as it breaks battery industry news and ...
Niles Beadman - September 28, 2021 Plastic-fuelled fungi The “circular economy” is often seen as the ultimate goal for the recycling industry. Converting ...
Sam Bailey - September 8, 2021 Could the pause in SPC-related referrals to the CJEU be permanent? As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Sam Bailey considers whether a pause ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 6, 2021 Microplastics: tiny particles causing huge problems Although small in size, microplastics are a big issue.
Robert Watson - August 12, 2021 Intellectual property landscape 2021 - key questions answered Partner Robert Watson recently participated in a Corporate LiveWire virtual round table where ...
Andrew Pitts - August 10, 2021 A new referral to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal is plausible Despite not having any express legislative basis in the European Patent Convention, plausibility ...
Callum McGuinn - August 4, 2021 Taking charge - electric vehicle battery recycling In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Callum McGuinn and Joseph Newcombe discuss electric vehicle ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 28, 2021 WIPR Diversity Trailblazers 2021 Congratulations to former Partner Sarah Kostiuk-Smith on being recognised as a World Intellectual ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 27, 2021 Proud partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) for a 3rd year We are proud and excited to be entering our third year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...
Niles Beadman - July 20, 2021 Printed pills: a new dimension for medicine Three dimensional (3D) printing is the latest buzzword ricocheting through high-tech industries and ...
Matthew Smith - July 14, 2021 Green graphene - graphene from waste As the demand for graphene continues to increase, so does the desire to provide it in large ...
Elizabeth Dale - July 5, 2021 Pyrolysis oil – heating up plastics recycling As society pushes towards a circular economy, the need for clever and efficient plastics recycling ...
Robert Watson - July 2, 2021 Seeing Double at the EPO – what was G4/19 actually about? Whether double patenting, the granting of more than one patent for the same invention, should be ...
Alexander Cavell - June 28, 2021 Structural batteries: “massless” energy storage In recent years, people have sought to harness the world’s natural sustainable resources for our ...
Elizabeth Dale - June 28, 2021 Plastics recycling: can microwaves help us clean up our mess? Forward asks Martin Lamb, chairman of pioneering recycler Enval, about the potential of pyrolysis, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 23, 2021 Pharma and Life Sciences Patent Extensions in Europe Our Special Report Pharma and Life Sciences Patent Extensions in Europe examines five years of data ...
Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - June 21, 2021 Podcast with Sarah Kostiuk-Smith: Validation strategies for pharmaceutical patents in Europe Sarah Kostiuk-Smith, Partner and Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis (UPDATE 30 SEPTEMBER 2022: Sarah ...
Callum McGuinn - June 11, 2021 How environmentally friendly are electric vehicles? In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Callum McGuinn and Joseph Newcombe discuss how environmentally ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 7, 2021 Unwrapping compostable packaging In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Thomas Lonsdale unwraps the future of compostable packaging.
Rebecca Blundell - June 3, 2021 From the Moon to Mars: tyres for space exploration Conditions on the Moon can be extremely harsh. For instance, temperatures can range between ‑170 °C ...
Genevieve Pugh - June 1, 2021 Delivering drugs with DNA We explore the emerging field of DNA and RNA nanotechnology, its benefits and highlight a few ways ...
Callum McGuinn - May 25, 2021 Meet the material: PowerPaste A new hydrogen-based fuel packs quite a punch, writes Kerry Taylor-Smith.
Nathan Zhang - May 20, 2021 Materials informatics: a data-based approach to materials discovery Research into new materials with desirable properties has been one of the most long-standing ...
Nathan Zhang - May 4, 2021 A sense of hope with graphene-based COVID-19 detection With mass COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out by countries across the world, there may be an end ...
Joseph Newcombe - April 26, 2021 COVID-19 win for AI pharma farmers The vaccine roll-out is in action all over the world. Nevertheless, given the propensity of ...
Thomas Lonsdale - April 15, 2021 3D-printing: a breakthrough in battery technology As described in our recent blog article Energy storage: batteries and beyond, lithium-ion batteries ...
Rob Walker - April 8, 2021 Composites in automotive applications: accelerating towards a greener future? The UK government has recently vowed to cut 68% of CO2 emissions by 2030 in a bid to tackle climate ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 17, 2021 eFuel – the solution to green air travel? Electric vehicles (EVs) look like an obvious replacement in working towards a decarbonised future. ...
Callum McGuinn - March 12, 2021 Energy storage: batteries and beyond Better storage is the key to a cleaner energy future, so what technologies are poised to bring the ...
Eleanor Maciver - March 12, 2021 Selection inventions before the EPO Chemical inventions are subject to the same criteria as all inventions at the European Patent ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 2, 2021 Breaking down barriers to film recycling Since the invention of cellophane by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1900, soft polymeric ...
Urs Ferber - February 22, 2021 Updates to the EPO Guidelines 2021 The long awaited EPO Guidelines update has now been published (albeit in an unedited, provisional ...
Niles Beadman - February 16, 2021 Circular economy of tyres: the end is just the beginning Our reliance on tyres and their ubiquity in modern mobility makes them a high priority target for ...
Robert Watson - February 16, 2021 Robert Watson appointed to EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) Robert Watson has been appointed to the EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) for its ...
Robert Watson - February 16, 2021 For UK designs, we’re entering exciting times As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Robert Watson explores the ...
Robert Watson - February 5, 2021 Out of Oz: the remarkable life and times of AMP945 Bringing a new cancer treatment to the public can be a complex process, as Alex Eliseev finds out.
Jacqueline Murphy - February 4, 2021 New Special Report: Validation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Patents in Europe We are excited to announce the launch of our new Validation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Patents ...
Niles Beadman - February 1, 2021 Tyres: the secret polluter Automotive emissions are a hot topic, but increased regulation coupled with industry-wide ...
Niles Beadman - January 26, 2021 Antimicrobial resistance: experience vs. experts Oxford University have announced the launch of a world-leading institute to fight antimicrobial ...
Nathan Zhang - January 15, 2021 Lithium-metal batteries: a separator solution to dendrites Global demand for clean, renewable energy is now higher than ever before. With climate change ...
Matthew Smith - January 15, 2021 Meet the material: liquid crystal elastomer A team at Rice University has developed a morphing material with much more than biomedical ...
Sam Bailey - December 17, 2020 EU batteries directive – powering up opportunities? Changing needs, new demands Global energy consumption has more than doubled in the last 30 years, ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 11, 2020 Safer and better: Nanotech Energy batteries signal positive news Our lives require storage of electrical energy more than ever these days. Batteries are ...
Rebecca Blundell - December 8, 2020 Green tyres: wheeling towards sustainable rubber Rubber is a crucial component of the tyre, with most tyres typically containing a complex blend of ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 4, 2020 Cornwall powering the UK to the frontline of the lithium revolution Cornwall has long been an historic centre for mining in the UK. Since the 1800s Cornwall has been a ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 19, 2020 Protective barriers against COVID-19 – what’s behind the screen? Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a significant increase in the demand for ...
Sam Bailey - November 10, 2020 EPO and IEA dive deep into battery patent data Weighing in at nearly 100 pages, the recent detailed report on innovation and patent trends in the ...
Paul Dunne - November 9, 2020 Single-use plastics: Is this the last straw? As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Paul Dunne explores how we can reshape ...
Joseph Newcombe - October 29, 2020 Personalising medicine based on gut reaction No, we are not talking about jumping to conclusions, but the reactions carried out by the gut ...
Rebecca Blundell - October 27, 2020 The future of tyres in the driverless age 1886 is often regarded as the birth year of the modern car. This was the year that Karl Benz filed ...
Paul Dunne - October 20, 2020 Circular economy: rethinking composite plastic packaging As we move towards a circular economy, there is a huge incentive for chemists to find innovative ...
Matthew Smith - October 13, 2020 The UK Patent Box - is it delivering? Patent Box legislation has been very much in vogue over the last few years. At their heart, such ...
Niles Beadman - October 6, 2020 Circular tyres: a new challenge for the circular economy Tyres are huge. Globally over 2.2 billion tyres are produced a year – and this is expected to rise ...
Sam Bailey - October 2, 2020 Batteries: Power is nothing without control As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Sam Bailey explores some exciting ...
Sam Bailey - September 24, 2020 Batteries are no longer just passengers in electric vehicles In an earlier blog, we focussed on the chemistry aspects of the Tesla innovations from their ...
Sam Bailey - September 23, 2020 A supercharged day for Tesla and battery tech On September 22, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage during the company's highly anticipated ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 7, 2020 Compostable packaging – let’s break it down Before Covid-19, I often used to buy my lunch in one of those “compostable” cardboard soup ...
Niles Beadman - September 4, 2020 Battery electrolytes: the latest graphene composites Storage of electrical energy is now an essential part of our lives. Charging and discharging ...
Melodie Richardson - September 4, 2020 Combatting COVID-19: does Vitamin D have a role to play? Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), better known as COVID-19 or simply ...
Jane Liu - September 2, 2020 The emergence of liquid biopsies as companion diagnostics The development of liquid biopsies The term liquid biopsy refers to the use of different body ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 2, 2020 Polymorphism: crystal clear or murky water Movers and shapeshifters in the world of solid state chemistry Have you ever left a bar of ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 28, 2020 Antimicrobial resistance – a global response to a global threat The discovery and development of antimicrobial agents and particularly antibiotics is recognised as ...
Paul Dunne - August 24, 2020 Meet the material: Robotic soft matter Inspired by muscles and activated by light, this lifelike and autonomous material could have ...
Genevieve Pugh - August 11, 2020 3D printing and its layers of legal complexity “3D printing” was first developed in the 1980s as a technique for rapid prototyping. Since then, 3D ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 3, 2020 In conversation with an innovator: Daniel Solomita, CEO and Founder of Loop Industries The CEO and founder of Loop Industries lets us in on the revolutionary technology and development ...
Matthew Smith - July 23, 2020 Graphene: Patently clear How is graphene contributing to the sustainability agenda? Matthew Smith highlights some recent ...
Niles Beadman - July 23, 2020 Smart tyres: under pressure to get smarter For the past 175 years, the bulk of tyre innovation has focused on improving the structure and ...
Victoria Coleman - July 21, 2020 UK formally withdraws from the UPC In a statement to Parliament on 20 July 2020, the government formally confirmed the UK’s withdrawal ...
Jane Liu - July 17, 2020 Polymer composites using natural fibres – growing reinforcements, growing in popularity Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are lightweight yet strong materials and are currently a key ...
Alexander Cavell - July 7, 2020 Tesla: Driving battery development differently “Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the ...
Julie Carlisle - July 5, 2020 Medicine's most wanted Will the world's most dangerous microbes soon meet their match? Forward finds out what's in the ...
Melodie Richardson - June 24, 2020 Increasing battery capacity: going Si high Lithium-ion batteries can be found in almost every portable electrical device we use today. Our ...
Paul Dunne - June 23, 2020 Patenting bioplastics The push towards a circular economy promises huge rewards for innovators able to develop ...
Niles Beadman - June 15, 2020 Patents driving tyre innovation From the outside, tyres appear unassumingly simple. But below the tread, they are deceptively ...
Joseph Newcombe - June 12, 2020 Hot Chemistry – Shining a light on disease with radiopharmaceuticals Back in 1979 The Buggles sang “video killed the radio star”. However, the radio(pharmaceutical) ...
Matthew Smith - June 8, 2020 Edge of discovery New research into graphitic carbon nitride has brought a solution to water scarcity a step closer ...
Julie Carlisle - June 1, 2020 Is faster drug development likely to become the “new normal?” As part of our Thought Leaders series, Sarah Kostiuk-Smith explores whether faster drug development ...
Willum Wytenburg - May 29, 2020 COVID-19: Suspension of Surcharge for Late Payment of Renewal Fees at the EPO The European Patent Office (EPO) now has a dedicated webpage regarding their response to COVID-19; ...
Thomas Lonsdale - May 28, 2020 Recycling polymer composites (mixed material complicates) Polymer composites are finding use at an ever-increasing scale in an ever-increasing range of ...
Joseph Newcombe - May 7, 2020 InVEntions of WWII VE day on Friday 8 May 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. In 1945 the day ...
Willum Wytenburg - May 1, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) extension at the EPO: Part 2 The European Patent Office (EPO) now has a dedicated webpage regarding their response to COVID-19; ...
Genevieve Pugh - April 28, 2020 Graphene masks: facing up to coronavirus (COVID-19) Since the development and isolation of graphene by researchers at Manchester University in 2004, ...
Andrew Pitts - April 24, 2020 Governments look to protect companies from IP enforcement during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic A large effort is underway globally to ensure that there are enough mechanical ventilators ...
Julie Carlisle - April 20, 2020 Has a cure for coronavirus (COVID-19) already been made? Faced with the biggest global pandemic in most of our lifetimes, all around the world research ...
Niles Beadman - April 17, 2020 A Taste for Waste – Plastic Recycling with Enzymes Positive news has been relatively hard to come by of late, with attention understandably focussed ...
Paul Dunne - April 15, 2020 Circular economy: the solution to plastic pollution? The ascent of plastic from its Bakelite beginnings to the workhorse material of the modern day has ...
Callum McGuinn - April 7, 2020 Taking charge - repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries Innovation in repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries will be a rich vein of IP, say ...
Andrew Pitts - April 3, 2020 Patent infringement during a national emergency: a Coronavirus (COVID-19) perspective Recent interesting reports highlight an emerging practice borne out of necessity in which medical ...
Alison Fugard - March 24, 2020 Pushing Energy Storage to the MX(ene) Batteries are indispensable in modern life. Not only is our reliance on batteries increasing with ...
Willum Wytenburg - March 16, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Extension at the EPO: Not ALL deadlines extended! Part 2 of this blog was published on 17 April 2020. Please read for the latest information. News ...
Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - March 6, 2020 Why 'innoversity' is an imperative Andrea Brewster, lead executive officer at IP Inclusive, writes for Forward magazine. She discusses ...
Frances Salisbury - March 6, 2020 Finding the “lost Einsteins” of innovation Sarah Kostiuk-Smith, Partner and European Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis, examines the glaring ...
Niles Beadman - February 26, 2020 Chemical collaborations: polymer partnerships Collaboration is ubiquitous with successful research. Sharing results generates new leads, sharing ...
Callum McGuinn - February 26, 2020 Lithium-sulfur batteries - an attractive alternative Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are a ubiquitous energy source in modern society, powering our ...
Anna Mudge - February 21, 2020 2020 BioInfect Conference - tackling antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat. No new classes of antibiotics have been ...
Alison Fugard - February 21, 2020 Darobactin – worming our way out of antibiotic resistance Recently, we have been exploring antimicrobial resistance and the possible solutions to this ...
Anna Mudge - February 19, 2020 What makes Massachusetts small but mighty? Deirdre Sanders, president of the Boston Patent Law Association and a principle at Hamilton Brook ...
Willum Wytenburg - January 27, 2020 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2020 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years. ...
Jane Liu - January 23, 2020 A promising target for new antibiotics In previous blogs we have discussed the global threat of antimicrobial resistance and some of the ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 23, 2020 Proud Partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) We are proud and excited to be starting our second year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...
Matthew Smith - December 18, 2019 Graphene Composites: 5 things we can learn from the IP data The European Patent Office (EPO) recently released some initial data about patenting activity in ...
Alison Fugard - December 18, 2019 Sustainability: Graphene offers new opportunities In our blog Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability we looked at methods for the production ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 17, 2019 The 12 elements of Christmas... 16O Chemistree, 16O Chemistree, how lovely are your elements… As 2019 draws to a close, so too does ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 5, 2019 3 R's for sustainability of the battery industry Zero-carbon transport and energy production are set to grow under the shadow of global warming and ...
Callum McGuinn - November 20, 2019 Lithium-ion batteries - powering the EVs of the future In a recent blog, Eleanor Maciver reviewed a variety of promising “batteries of the future”. Of ...
Matthew Smith - November 18, 2019 Graphene Hackathon 16-17 November 2019 saw a momentous occasion: innovators, creators and thinkers came together for ...
Callum McGuinn - November 12, 2019 Using IP to secure opportunities in the budding medical cannabis sector The opportunities for innovation in medical cannabis dovetails with the opportunity to obtain ...
Andrew Pitts - November 6, 2019 Coffee capsules: greener grounds Large consumer companies are increasingly focusing on reworking their consumable products to be ...
Alexander Cavell - October 30, 2019 Plastics recycling: polymers unzipped As society becomes more aware of the adverse effects of single-use plastics on the environment, ...
Andrew Pitts - October 16, 2019 Infecting the infection to tackle the rise in chemical antibiotic resistance In previous blogs we have highlighted how certain families of bacteria are highly resistant to ...
Niles Beadman - October 9, 2019 Consumable consumables: the edible water bottle Throughout the 20th century, plastic has become increasingly prevalent in our everyday lives. To ...
Julie Carlisle - September 27, 2019 AMR - a global threat A hot topic on everyone’s lips at the moment is Climate Change and its predicted impact on our way ...
Callum McGuinn - September 26, 2019 Budding opportunities for pharma With shifting attitudes surrounding cannabis-based drugs, it is essential to explore the array of ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 25, 2019 From data to drugs - a brief introduction to AI in drug discovery The road to an approved drug is well known to be an arduous journey. Recent estimates put the cost ...
Matthew Smith - September 24, 2019 Strict and inflexible: material claims at the EPO Innovators in advanced materials can face an uphill struggle to get suitable patent protection at ...
Eleanor Maciver - September 18, 2019 Batteries for the future: the sky may not be the limit! In an earlier blog Sam Bailey discussed the growing demands for high performance battery ...
Callum McGuinn - September 17, 2019 Cannabis: on to greener pastures? Callum McGuinn, explores the history of social attitudes towards cannabis and asks what the future ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 2, 2019 Circular economy: new technologies rise to the challenge In recent months there has been a rapid increase in publicity and public awareness of ...
Matthew Smith - July 31, 2019 Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability Theoretically, at least, graphene can be produced from any carbon source. While the pursuit of ...
Sam Bailey - June 27, 2019 Charging into the future - the increasing demands on battery technologies Battery technology is an area of constant innovation. For years we have been trying to squeeze a ...
Callum McGuinn - June 18, 2019 Medicinal cannabis: recent changes and future innovations Government policy on the prescription of cannabis-derived medicines has undergone some interesting ...
Julie Carlisle - May 20, 2019 Protecting the ‘Trojan horse’ drug key to keeping a struggling field viable An Expert View column originally published in The Pharma Letter. Read the original article here. ...
Matthew Smith - April 4, 2019 Hydrogen: the storage question There’s a lot to like about hydrogen. It’s light; it’s abundant (at least atomically - water and ...
Matthew Smith - March 28, 2019 Advanced materials: game-changing graphene In the 15 years since Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov isolated and discovered ...
Julie Carlisle - March 28, 2019 Dosage regimen patents: bruised but not beaten Ruling on the big pharma Actavis v ICOS case, the UK Supreme Court has found ICOS’s Cialis patent ...
Matthew Smith - February 15, 2019 Building an IP portfolio: Nine tips for success Companies need to think carefully about how they protect, manage and leverage the various ...
Matthew Smith - October 29, 2018 Development in the war on superbugs The spread of antibiotic-resistant infections is one of the most serious threats in modern ...
Matthew Smith - October 25, 2018 Graphene: a whole new '2D world' Graphene has been heralded as a game changer in the research and development of new materials since ...
Matthew Smith - October 8, 2018 JIPA 2018 European Seminar The Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) has been promoting fair and effective ...
Anna Mudge - April 20, 2018 Celebrating women working in IP in the North West On Thursday 19 April, we were proud hosts of an American Intellectual Property Law Association ...
