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 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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The virtual ‘courtroom’ experience at the IPEC
In June and July 2020, Appleyard Lees litigated an unprecedented number of trials in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) – which were held in an equally unprecedented, virtual format.
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Unregistered design rights: is there still any point?
Unregistered design rights (UDR) protects the shape or configuration of the whole or part of an article, excluding surface decoration. The design must be original and must not be commonplace.
Read more Are digital twins as patentable as their physical counterparts?
We live in an increasingly digital world – not only do more of us communicate with each other and access information or content using ‘apps’ and the internet, but some of the work we may have previously conducted in the ‘real’ or physical world is now being performed using computer simulations or digital twins.
Read more Finding the ‘right’ slogan: FMCG sector to “Have a break” after all…
In the United Kingdom and European Union, it is notoriously difficult to register slogans as trade marks. To stand a chance of success, brand owners must prepare their case
Read more CRISPR: An update
What is CRISPR? Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) are a family of DNA sequences found in bacteria.
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