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Articles Nov102025

Getty Images v Stability AI: The Case So Far and Its Implications: Part 1

This article is the first in a series to examine the dispute in the English courts between Getty Images and Stability AI and the implications for images generated using artificial intelligence.

Articles Oct202025

Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report | 5th Edition available now

Explore the 5th Edition of Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report - fresh patent-data on Materials, Energy, Food and AI, with chapters on AI data centres, alternative proteins, carbon capture and more.

Articles Nov012025

CoA rows back on what is ‘bad faith’ in SEP/FRAND disputes – victory for SEP holder in ZTE v Samsung

The CoA has overturned the High Court’s decision in 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘷 𝘡𝘛𝘌, ruling that it is in general not bad faith for a SEP holder to try and force an implementer to accept determination of FRAND terms by the SEP holder’s preferred court rather than the implementer’s preferred court.

Articles Oct272025

SEP/(F)RAND matters: Escalation of anti-suit injunction wars between the UK and UPC? Perhaps not as much as some may have feared (for now).

Last week, the England & Wales High Court granted Amazon an anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) against InterDigital (IDG), following InterDigital being awarded an anti-interim-licence injunction (AILI) in both the UPC and Munich I Regional Court that prohibited Amazon from seeking an interim licence declaration in the UK.

Articles Oct102025

Artificial intelligence & green innovation

AI is fast becoming both a climate tool and a climate challenge. Through the lens of patent data, our experts track the technologies emerging to curb the energy demands of AI data centres and aviation.

Articles Oct172025

Updated: broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, plant patents, and the European Parliament

Can you get patent protection for a new engineered plant? As long as the plant is not produced by essentially biological processes then yes. However, change might be on the way. In this article we discuss the proposed EU regulation for the release of plants produced by new genomic technologies and specifically how this regulation might affect the previously established Biotech Patent Directive and the protection available for new plants.

Articles Sep242025

Protecting organoid technology in Europe

In this article, we explore the different channels that companies can and are using to protect organoid technology through patent filings.

Articles Aug112025

Supreme-ly FRAND: Supreme Court grant Tesla permission to appeal in its FRAND pool rate-setting dispute with Avanci and InterDigital – but beware the limitations.

It’s been a busy few weeks for SEP/FRAND cases in the UK. The Supreme Court is now going to hear its first SEP/FRAND case since 𝑈𝑛𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡, granting Tesla permission to appeal in its dispute with Avanci and InterDigital concerning the UK court’s jurisdiction to make FRAND declarations in relation to a licensing pool (the Avanci 5G Platform).

Articles Jul012025

New UK IPO guidance on overly broad trade mark terms

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in SkyKick v Sky — on 27 June 2025, the UK IPO issued important guidance on how it will now approach trade mark applications — and it’s a significant shift. This article summarises what the new guidance means for trade mark applicants and businesses.

Articles Jul012025

UK SEP/FRAND interim licence declarations – an exercise of the Court’s jurisdiction or of ‘judicial imperialism’?

Last week, the High Court issued its judgment on interim FRAND licences in Samsung v ZTE.

Articles Jun232025

When can legitimate goods be modified and resold using the original trade mark?

This article examines the legal principles of trade mark exhaustion and explores how brand owners can manage their reputation after goods have been sold.