19 Dec, 2024 Addressing bias in AI healthcare models — could it be patentable? By Eric McNeil A recent article in The Lancet highlights an important challenge facing developers of AI-powered healthcare solutions: so-called...
19 Dec, 2024 An early Christmas present for combination products By Gareth Williams As always, the CJEU continue to refine the rules regarding obtaining SPCs in Europe. The latest judgment on combination products leaves...
18 Dec, 2024 Procedural efficiency at the UPC: Request for Order to produce evidence denied By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Karan Lalwani In a decision issued on 20 October 2024 by the Mannheim Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_471/2023), judge-rapporteur Böttcher rejected...
17 Dec, 2024 UPC Inventive Step Assessment Begins to Crystallise with Beginning of Issuance of Decisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert With the frequency of issuance of UPC decisions on the merits beginning to increase, the long-sought answer to the question of how the...
16 Dec, 2024 UPC sets out burden of proof requirements for Permanent Injunctions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 4 November, the Milan Local Division of the UPC handed down their final decision in the Oerlikon v Bhagat infringement action. This...
09 Dec, 2024 EA Open Sources Patents, Sometimes it's Better Not to be in the Game By Graham McGlashan I saw this article on games developer Electronic Arts making a batch of Patents relating to accessibility in games open-source. It's a...
05 Dec, 2024 What does a space powered economy mean? By Thomas Storey Last week I attended an event called, “Towards a space powered economy”, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of their...
28 Nov, 2024 More than an angel's share of innovation helps Scotch whisky's drive towards sustainability By David Murray This evening, members of the Scotch Whisky industry will congregate in Glasgow for the annual Scottish Whisky Awards. In addition to...
25 Nov, 2024 How close were the Romans to an industrial revolution? By Yun-Hang Cho Among other things, the Romans were famous for their expert engineering skills. Many of the inventions made during their era are still of...
20 Nov, 2024 How many innovative SMEs are missing out on Patent Box relief? By Kyle Arndt The latest set of annual statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that, unlike as estimated last year, the number of companies...
18 Nov, 2024 Navigating the shifting sands of biotechnology patenting By Will Arends Taken from a webinar between Suzanne Renes, Nicole Mastrangelo and David Diamond on 24 September 2024, chaired by Will Arends (Partner,...
15 Nov, 2024 Mike Williams: Author highlights and key takeaways from this year's AI report By M&C Newsroom Earlier this month, Marks & Clerk launched it's fourth AI Report. As ever, the report uses EPO data to identify global trends in AI...