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Articles Feb102023

Delaying grant of a European Patent to obtain a Unitary Patent and filing an early request for a Unitary Patent

With 1 June 2023 being the start date of the Unitary Patent system, applicants achieving allowance of their European patent applications in the coming months may wish to delay grant so as to obtain a Unitary Patent (UP).

Articles Feb102023

NFTs, blockchain and IP – part 3: a summary of recent key NFT disputes

In part three of this series, we look at recent legal disputes involving NFTs (ongoing and settled), that present new, unique intellectual property issues.

Articles Feb072023

T 0702/20: patentability of a sparsely connected neural network

Senior associate and patent attorney Paul Roscoe discusses T 0702/20, and the implications it could have on AI patent applications at the EPO.

Articles Jan262023

UK registered trade mark and design holders must have a UK address for service

On 25 January 2023, the UK IPO issued a notice with immediate effect to say that the registrar will require a UK address for service (AFS) before any documents are considered formally served.

Articles Jan192023

When life gives you lemons: Brothers Drinks Co. Ltd v Thatchers Cider Company Limited (CLOUDY LEMON)

Partner and trade mark attorney Robert Cumming, and trainee trade mark attorney Claire Bothma, discuss if a a mark, which is descriptive for goods, also descriptive for the retail of those goods.

Articles Jan122023

Insect protein: investment is on the rise

This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.

Articles Dec082022

Innovation investment for carbon capture takes to the air

This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.

Articles Dec012022

Plastics recycling patent filings hit worldwide peak in 2020

In the 2022 edition of Appleyard Lees' Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report, our attorneys analysed patent filings across several key environmental issues facing the world, including energy, materials, and alternative proteins and food production.

Articles Nov252022

G2/21 Plausibility – The Enlarged Board of Appeal has heard the final arguments on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step

Patent attorneys Edward Rainsford and Sarah Gibbs discuss the recent verdict, delivered by the Enlarged Board of Appeal, on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step.

Articles Nov172022

Cultivated meat patent filings on an upward trajectory

In the 2022 edition of Appleyard Lees' Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report, our attorneys analysed patent filings across several key environmental issues facing the world. Our section on food production and alternative proteins showed an exponential increase in cultivated meat innovation over the past decade, as evidenced by cultivated meat patent filing data.