22 Apr, 2024 Further support for Space Tech start-ups from the UK Space Agency By Phil Merchant The UK Space Agency is launching a new Space Portfolio of £8 million to provide much-needed access to funds for early-stage companies...
18 Apr, 2024 SPACEtalks - investors looking to infinity and beyond By Thomas Storey I recently attended the downstream day of the SPACEtalks conference hosted by the European Space Agency at the Harwell Science and...
03 Apr, 2024 M&C in the news: A boost for ‘micro-entities’ as the EPO lowers barriers By M&C Newsroom From this week, eligible micro-entities will enjoy a 30% reduction in various patent prosecution fees. This scheme expands support beyond...
28 Mar, 2024 Invention Competition for Farmers By Pamela Bryer There is common misconception that inventions (and by association, patents) are the exclusive domain of high-tech enterprises. However,...
27 Mar, 2024 M&C in the news: Marks & Clerk Hires IP Pro From Wynne-Jones In Birmingham By M&C Newsroom Last month we were delighted to welcome Martin Hyden back to Marks & Clerk as a partner in our Birmingham office. In this interview with...
27 Mar, 2024 Japan Railway East experts working with the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) By Robert Carpmael It is always good to see cooperation between academia and industry and we will be watching with interest to see what this new...
26 Mar, 2024 England expects that every mast will do their duty - modern sails save cargo ship three tonnes of fuel a day By Jack Stevenson-Hill Portsmouth Naval Base has been an integral part of the city since the time of Richard I in 1194. It is home to HMS Victory - Lord...
25 Mar, 2024 Singapore gains another cleantech company By Giles Pinnington Singapore has attracted another innovative European cleantech giant, thereby adding to the ever-growing list of cleantech companies which...
20 Mar, 2024 Improved melanoma detection powered by AI By Alex Garrett I was interested to see a recent article providing an example of using computer vision for diagnosis in the MedTech sector. In AI Medical...
20 Mar, 2024 Funding available for electrolyser technology By Robbie Gauld Energy storage is an area showing strong growth in patenting. In recent years, for example, several inventions have been developed in the...
19 Mar, 2024 The LignoSat is fantastic - wooden't you agree? By Callum Cook Outer space is perhaps the harshest environment we - and by extension our technology - have ever encountered. If any structure is to...
18 Mar, 2024 Unlocking UPC secrets: No standardisation of penalties for confidentiality breaches across local divisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury On 30 January 2023, the Paris Local Division decided that it is not necessary to harmonise penalties for breach of confidentiality...