Small and medium-sized enterprises

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?

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.

Fit Kitchen Ltd – triumphant at the IPEC

Summary A small healthy ready meal delivery business Fit Kitchen Limited (FKL) saw victory at

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.

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.

CRISPR: An update

What is CRISPR? Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) are a family of DNA sequences found in bacteria.