James Leach - February 17, 2025 Software IP – A Lunch and Learn Seminar for Startups and SMEs, Wednesday 19 March 2025 Join us for an insightful seminar at the Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub (DiSH), where ...
Alessio Incitti - December 19, 2024 Show me the money (and the explanation): eXplainable AI in finance The AI assurance market in the UK is experiencing rapid growth, with an estimated 524 firms ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - June 28, 2024 Living with artificial intelligence: can the law cope? As part of our Thought Leaders series, we explore the copyright issues arising from AI-generated ...
Alex Burns - November 28, 2023 Emotional Perception AI v UKIPO: Is this the dawning of a new era for AI-related inventions at the UKIPO? On 21 November 2023, Mann J handed down his judgment on Emotional Perception AI Ltd v ...
James Leach - November 16, 2023 IP Protection for software-based products- An Introduction for SMEs We are excited to launch our new software resource booklet — 'IP Protection for software-based ...
Alex Burns - May 5, 2023 Gene sequencing accelerates with custom hardware The cost to sequence a genome continues to drop exponentially. Over the past 20 years, the cost to ...
James Leach - October 19, 2022 AI at the UKIPO – a more patent friendly approach? The UKIPO recently issued new guidance relating to examining patent applications relating to ...
Camille Terfve - October 17, 2022 Bioinformatics at the UK IPO – what does the new Guidance mean for applicants? As recently publicised, the UK IPO recently issued new guidance relating to examining patent ...
James Leach - September 26, 2022 Obtaining patent protection for software inventions can be challenging - but we can help New developments in software are continuing to change the world we live in at a rapid pace. Patent ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - September 21, 2022 Non-Fungible Tokens as legal property? The world of cryptocurrency is a fast-moving and complex one. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have ...
James Leach - August 12, 2022 The firepower of Cloud Native thinking Taylor Dolezal of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation explains why the tech industry reveres this ...
Richard Johnson - August 8, 2022 IP as an enabler for AI: UK government shows its hand The recently published response of the UK government to a consultation on the interface between ...
James Leach - May 11, 2022 Talking with machines: AI, language, and cognition “A reader lives a thousand lives before they die”. From Homer to Sophocles, Shakespeare to Orwell, ...
Sarah Harvey - May 10, 2022 Vertical farming - finding space to sprout up One thing the past couple of years have taught a lot of people is that global supply chains can be ...
James Leach - April 28, 2022 Software patents: Fixed-fee patent eligibility opinions on software patents IP protection for software. It’s complicated…but we can help. For a fixed fee, Mewburn Ellis can ...
Daniel Brodsky - April 7, 2022 Software for use in medical methods: excluded from patentability? In this blog we look at the challenges associated with patenting software inventions in the context ...
Florian Zobel - March 30, 2022 2022 changes to EPO Guidelines: highlights With the 2021 changes to the examination guidelines, the EPO changed its schedule for issuing ...
Urs Ferber - March 23, 2022 Advances in dentistry making a real impression We all love going to the dentist, especially for restorations like crowns and bridges!
Robert Worboys - March 15, 2022 Time to cash out? Will a fully cashless society ever become a reality in the UK? A cashless society describes an economic state whereby financial transactions are entirely ...
Toby Hill - March 11, 2022 Tech giants set up shop in Munich - Europe's answer to Silicon Valley? Arguably best known for its annual Oktoberfest celebrations, Germany’s third largest city which was ...
Urs Ferber - March 2, 2022 IP GUIdance - graphical user interface design rights While patents protect the technical aspects of products, registered design rights can be used to ...
Caroline Hart - February 28, 2022 Maximising the value of design rights From SMEs to multinationals, from car manufacturers to fashion houses, the value of design rights ...
Toby Hill - February 9, 2022 AI spotlight: Google’s DeepMind takes on competitive programming – have we reached a tipping point? On 2 February, Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, announced that it has ...
Tom Furnival - December 24, 2021 Board of Appeal confirms DABUS AI cannot be an inventor for a European patent application On 21st December 2021 the EPO rejected the two appeals filed by Dr Thaler concerning whether an ...
Alex Burns - November 22, 2021 The smart healthcare revolution – what does it mean for patent attorneys? In 2020 the EPO published a report on the global trends in patent applications for “Fourth ...
Robert Worboys - November 16, 2021 Pulse of Fintech H1 ’21 – investments in fintech are growing and diversifying KPMG have recently published their biannual report ‘Pulse of Fintech’, which provides a detailed ...
Camille Terfve - November 12, 2021 Digital therapeutics: the rise of digital health technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic There is no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives. Those lucky ...
Tom Furnival - September 24, 2021 Qualcomm unveils world's first 5G, AI-enabled, autonomous drone In their latest offering, the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform, Qualcomm are cementing themselves as ...
Richard Johnson - September 22, 2021 DABUS decision: AI cannot be patent inventor, UK Court of Appeal rules On 21 September 2021, the UK Court of Appeal rejected an appeal raised by Dr. Stephen Thaler, who ...
Lucy Coe - September 21, 2021 The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of Things We are at the start of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, ...
James Leach - September 15, 2021 Software Inventions: UKIPO and EPO approaches to patent eligibility Special Report Our new Special Report, Software Inventions: UKIPO and EPO approaches to patent eligibility, has ...
Camille Terfve - May 20, 2021 Intellectual property and artificial intelligence in the UK: what might the future hold? AI is a hot topic for the current UK government. Last year, the UK Intellectual Property Office ...
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 ...
Stephen Gill - May 10, 2021 A snapshot: EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Emma Graham and Stephen Gill give us an overview of the recently ...
Helen Bower - May 10, 2021 EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software Special Report In autumn 2020, we analysed more than 8000 opposition cases filed at the European Patent Office ...
Daniel Brodsky - April 14, 2021 Patenting a software invention at the UKIPO: a case study In a recent success for one of our clients, we overcame an objection raised by the UKIPO that the ...
James Leach - March 11, 2021 EPO confirms that the COMVIK approach to assessing patent eligibility is applicable to computer simulations (G1/19) The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) has now issued their decision G1/19, which concerns the ...
Richard Johnson - March 1, 2021 Developments in patenting activity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Humans generate a mind-boggling amount of data each day. This explosion in data has stimulated ...
Lucy Coe - February 17, 2021 Top 5 fields of technology for Internet of Things (IoT) patenting The term “internet of things (IoT)” has often been mentioned in recent years, but what does it ...
Alex Burns - January 26, 2021 How to patent your digital health apps – 5 key considerations As the technical capabilities of smartphones continue to rise at an exponential rate, so too do the ...
James Leach - December 7, 2020 Software inventions at the European Patent Office: an in-depth study It is sometimes difficult to obtain patent protection for inventions relating to software, in part ...
Juliana Murray - September 23, 2020 Computer-implemented inventions at the UKIPO: a case review As discussed in our Patentability of Software and Business Method Inventions in Europe information ...
James Leach - August 12, 2020 Five things you (really) need to know about patenting software in Europe We often receive enquiries asking whether a particular software-related invention might be eligible ...
Camille Terfve - July 14, 2020 Can software be therapeutic? The simple answer is: yes. Thanks for reading this post, stay tuned for more answers to your ...
John Addiss - February 4, 2020 Patenting the Internet of Things – the European perspective It is estimated that by 2025 there will be 26-30 billion devices in the workplace and home equipped ...
Frances Salisbury - February 27, 2019 Bioinformatics Inventions: Patenting challenges at the interface of computer and life sciences We are entering an age of precision medicine, with patients receiving tailored treatments, selected ...
