Corporates

New UK comparable rights post-Brexit

The United Kingdom has left the European Union. When the transition period ends on 31 December 2020, new national UK rights will be created automatically. We have been busy making preparations and Appleyard Lees is ready to ensure smooth management of your trade mark and design portfolio.

Data-Driven Healthcare Innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and “big data” have the potential to revolutionise the healthcare space and drive healthcare innovation. Developments in these technologies may help to streamline medical diagnoses and identify which therapies a patient will respond to, allowing the adoption of targeted therapies in an efficient manner.

AI-driven trade mark service to make filing faster

Smart devices: a smart IP strategy

First published in Cambridge Catalyst, Parminder Lally looks at internet of things innovation and IP.

‘The Greenshoots Podcast’ by Appleyard Lees, Episode ten: Patenting green chemistry innovation

Appleyard Lees partners and patent attorneys David Walsh and Jennifer Delaney discuss: Is patenting ‘green’ chemistry innovation different than patenting ‘traditional’ chemistry innovation?

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.

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.

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees Episode nine: Large/global corporates’ modern in-house/external IP counsel relationships & priorities in the context of COVID-19

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees Episode eight: virtual trials at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC)

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 6 – challenges and shifting priorities for in-house inventors and IP teams post COVID-19 and beyond

Partners and patent attorneys Ean Davies and Adam Tindall discuss: Reimagining the in-house team/outside counsel relationship | Getting the best from private practice IP attorneys | IP during a recession

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.