Patents

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…

In late December 2024 the UK IPO launched a three-month consultation on AI and copyright – closing on 25th February…

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…

Innovation in aircraft design In general, the design of production aircraft has not radically changed since the mid-twentieth century. For…

Redan hösten 2012 påbörjades arbetet med att utarbeta en ny patentlag för Sverige. Patentlagsutredningens betänkande lämnades över till regeringen våren…

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…