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Directors and IP – getting up close and personal - part 2

Articles Jan122026

Increases in APHA fees for plant breeders’ rights

The APHA has announced increases for a number of fees relating to the filing of applications for plant breeders’ rights and Great Britain and Northern Ireland variety listings, which will take effect from 1 February 2026. Our experts break down the fee changes.

Articles Jan092026

EU reaches a provisional agreement on NGT plants – what’s the impact on protecting plant innovation in Europe?

In December 2025, the EU Council and Parliament reached a provisional deal to create a new legal framework for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in plant breeding. Signalling a major shift for EU agri-food innovation - our experts break down everything you need to know about the potential new agreement.

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 Oct162025

Could the UK follow Denmark’s proposal to regulate AI-generated deepfakes through copyright law?

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.

Articles Oct142025

Amylin analogues for weight loss: clinical and patent trends

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.

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.