Directors and IP – getting up close and personal
The received wisdom is that company directors can escape liability by sheltering behind the “corporate veil”. But is this true in IP cases?
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Appleyard Lees trainee social – a blank canvas after exam season
Trainee attorneys Jonathan Foster and Emily Bevan-Smith talk about their experience of the most recent (and possibly final) lockdown trainee social.
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Is it worth patenting your AI tools for drug discovery?
Often, when the AI identifies a drug, and experiments confirm it is useful for the intended purpose, the drug can be patented. But what about the AI itself – can the AI be protected by patents, and should you try to?
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The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 16 – the entrepreneurial journey of Mags Walker, founder of the fabl and Toolally.
Serial entrepreneur Mags Walker joins Appleyard Lees partner and solicitor Chris Hoole to talk about her journey from 'Big Four' accountant to owner of two successful start-up businesses.
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Oppositions by a straw person: what are the benefits?
About the author Parminder Lally is a senior associate at Appleyard Lees IP LLP. Parminder specialises in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for computer-implemented inventions. She has built a substantial
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Buying fakes: the ACG
Like many, I’ve always had an interest in keeping up with trends by buying new electronic goods or shopping for the latest outfits – the cheaper the price, the better...right?
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Someone’s copying my invention! What should I do?
What do you do if, before you have obtained a granted patent, a third party starts selling a product that looks like your invention? Is there anything you can do to stop the third party? Does your patent application provide you with any rights before the patent is granted? Parminder Lally and Simon Ambroz answer these questions.
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Plant varieties post Brexit: protection in the UK
Brexit has changed the way intellectual property rights are sought and protected, in many ways. Pre-Brexit, anyone seeking to protect plant varieties in the UK and/or EU member states made a single application to the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO); however, as of 1 January 2021, this is no longer possible.
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Appleyard Lees’ trainees achieve exam success
Over the past few weeks, many of the patent trainees here at Appleyard Lees have received exam results from the UK PEB exams sat in October 2020, and from the more recent pre-EQE exam sat in March 2021. A number of our trainees passed both exams.
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Intellectual property for start-ups in a post-COVID world: part one – managing start-ups’ patents
Patents are one of the most well-known types of intellectual property (IP). However, what can be patented is often less understood by new entrepreneurs and innovators.
Read more The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees, Episode 15: Patent Box – tax relief for patent owners and licensees
In this episode, Appleyard Lees partner, David Walsh, is joined by Tom Dews, a Patent Box specialist and corporate tax partner based in the Leeds office of leading audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM UK.
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