Smart devices: a smart IP strategy
First published in Cambridge Catalyst, Parminder Lally looks at internet of things innovation and IP.
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‘The Greenshoots Podcast’ by Appleyard Lees – patenting green chemistry innovation
Appleyard Lees partners and patent attorneys David Walsh and Jennifer Delaney discuss: Is patenting ‘green’ chemistry innovation different than patenting ‘traditional’ chemistry innovation?
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Tech transfer teams’ IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond: part four, pre-filing searches – good investment or waste of money?
In part four, Patent Seekers' Alec Griffiths joined Appleyard Lees partners Richard Bray and Ean Davies for a discussion of how to approach pre-filing searches, and the surprising intelligence and insights that search data can hold.
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Tech transfer teams’ IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond: part three how much data is enough in biotech and pharma patents applications?
In part three Barbara Fleck and David Walsh examine the requirements for sufficiency and plausibility at the EPO and provide practical advice on drafting robust applications.
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Tech transfer teams’ IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond, part two: cost-effective patent prosecution
‘Tech transfer teams’ IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond’ is a series of interactive virtual discussions, focused on unpacking the issues relevant to those managing intellectual property for tech transfer departments.
Read more Tech transfer teams IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond part one: inventorship and ownership
‘Tech transfer teams’ IP challenges post-COVID-19 and beyond’ is a series of interactive virtual discussions.
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The wheels continue to come off DABUS
The Artificial Inventor Project have filed patent applications around the world for two inventions, which they say are invented by an AI system called DABUS. Whilst the nuances of patent law vary from country to country, most (if not all) patent systems around the world assume that only natural persons can be inventors. Consequently, the applications are being refused by patent offices around the world.
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G3/19 decision – a tale of broccoli, tomatoes and peppers
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has ruled that plants or animals produced by an essentially biological process are not patentable in Decision G3/19 of 20 May 2020, a conclusion that goes against earlier Decisions in G2/131 and G2/121.
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Unwired Planet v Huawei and Huawei v Conversant
On 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court issued a judgment on the Unwired Planet v Huawei and Huawei v Conversant cases.
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Covid-19 and IP: the green shoots of recovery
First published in Cambridge Catalyst, Parminder Lally explores how the pandemic has accelerated innovation. Covid-19 and IP Wow, what a strange year 2020 has turned out to be! For the January issue,
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Fit Kitchen Ltd – triumphant at the IPEC
Summary A small healthy ready meal delivery business Fit Kitchen Limited (FKL) saw victory at
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