The IPEC says mais oui, mais oui, to protecting fictional characters
For the first time, UK courts have recognised that a fictional character can be protected by copyright in its own right, independent from scripts.
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AI patent filing trends in aerospace and avionics
In this article, we look at AI patent filing trends across aerospace and avionics, and identify the key filers in these fields.
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G2/21: what are the implications for opposition proceedings right now?
It appears that the EPO will stay proceedings in cases where the assessment of inventive step is exclusively reliant on whether post-published evidence can be taken into consideration.
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Quantifying loss: OhPolly v Original Beauty
“Damages inquiries are rare in intellectual property cases”. Fortunately, every now and again, a case is heard on inquiry, providing practitioners and rights holders with a practical refresher on the calculation of damages in UK proceedings.
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The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 24 – Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2021
partner David Walsh, and senior associates Chris Mason and Paul Beynon discuss key insights from the report, and the complexities of analysing patent data.
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Let’s ask Artificial Intelligence: how good is your grammar?
Senior associate Parminder Lally looks at artificial intelligence-based grammar tools, and provide advice on whether this type of technology is patentable.
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T1989/18: No legal basis for description conformity requirement
Following a 2021 Board of Appeal decision, patent applications cannot be refused on the grounds that the description describes something that is not (or no longer) claimed.
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Progress and promise for green plastics
A recent EPO report on plastic recycling and plastic alternatives provided an analysis of innovation in technology areas such as chemical and biological recycling, and bioplastics. We discuss the findings.
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A sense of déjà vu – M&S v Aldi
Trainee patent attorney Mykhailo Pokrachynskyi explains the latest legal proceedings between M&S and Aldi.
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NFTs: digital commercialisation with caveats
What are non-fungible tokens (NFTS) and what are the copyright issues around owning an NFT?
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Protecting IP in plant-based ‘meat-substitutes’
Innovation in the plant-based meat sector is aiming to help to solve some of the problems associated with animal-meat production.
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