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.
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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.
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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.
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In this special episode of Greenshoots, our hosts unpack five years of global patent trends to reveal where meaningful technological progress is being made, and how Appleyard Lees’ unique methodology ensures credible, data-driven insights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Denmark has proposed to amend its Copyright Act in an effort to protect individuals from the risks posed by AI-generated deepfakes - unsurprisingly, this has made waves in the IP world.
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In this article we discuss the ever-growing popularity of weight-loss drugs and the new candidates that are emerging as alternatives to the well-known GLP1-based drugs that currently dominate the market.
Read more In this episode, colleagues Sarah Gibbs (Partner) and Amelia Foster (Patent Attorney) are joined by Liz Lee, CEO and co-founder of Carbon Cell — creators of a carbon-negative alternative to traditional polymer foams.
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In this article, we explore the different channels that companies can and are using to protect organoid technology through patent filings.
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