Friday, 28 May 2021 saw a first in Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office with the live streaming of…

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) machines become ever more capable, the way in which they are treated by existing law is…

Background In the recent case Merck v Merck the High Court considered issues remitted by the Court of Appeal in…

Last year, we published an article on the role of Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) in the automotive industry. As discussed…

Background The Chinese Supreme People’s Court has issued a decision which brings to an end a four year long battle…

It is over ten years since software patents (a.k.a. computer-implemented inventions, or CIIs) were last discussed at the level of…