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

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…

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

The Court of Appeal has now handed down the judgment in, arguably, the summer of 2024’s most anticipated UK patent…

Registered Designs are an effective way to get some IP protection in place, particularly in cases where the bar for…

As discussed in the article Does the description matter when the patent has been granted?, two referrals on claim interpretation…

Wind power can be broadly classified into two types. The more familiar type is onshore wind power. The wind turbines…

In many jurisdictions (most notably the U.S.), multiple dependency of claims is not allowed. It is therefore common to have…

In a galaxy far, far, away… in a land also known as Hollywood, George Lucas had a vision: to make…

The European Patent Office (EPO) does not give the description in a granted patent much weight when construing the claims….

When the current version of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal came into force in 2020, it…

Last week the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) filed its grounds of appeal in the Emotional Perception appeal (Comptroller-General of Patents,…