The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first decision on patent infringement by equivalence in Plant-e Knowledge B.V. &…

The Unified Patent Court, a centralised court having jurisdiction over infringement and validity of European patents in countries which have…

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to…

A recent EPO Board of Appeal (BoA) decision (T 1553/22) considered the patentability of human-animal chimeras (organisms or tissues that…

When developing technology that may lead to patentable inventions, it is always a good idea to work out what to…

Emotional Perception AI Ltd (EPAIL) have been granted leave to appeal by the UK Supreme Court. This follows a series…

The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…

Complications following a recent Board of Appeal decision Certain categories are considered by the European Patent Convention to be either…

Avionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…

The decarbonisation of road transport in the coming decades seems inevitable. Governments around the world are preparing to ban the…

In the past 30 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved by leaps and bounds. Suitably programmed computers are very well…

Abstract Shortly after celebrating its one-year anniversary, things look to be very much in full swing for the Unitary Patent…