Patents

2020 was not the easiest year for the aerospace industry. It is said that necessity is the mother of invention,…

The disappearance of blue Smarties® was a hammer blow that echoed through the mid-noughties. Nestlé®, reacting to fears that artificial…

Graphene was once described as a “rising star on the horizon of materials science”, and since then has been the…

To receive patent protection an invention needs to be, among other things, new. This would normally stop an existing product…

Although patent systems around the world vary in their approach to patentability, one common requirement is that an invention must…

With so many of 2020’s headlines focussed on Covid and Brexit we can be forgiven for letting an important anniversary…

As part of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly finding its way into virtually every part…

Some technical revolutions perforate into our lives without fanfare, gradually being incorporated into business infrastructure until they are considered to…

Background Peloton, one of the world’s leading indoor exercise bike manufacturers, has found itself in what appears to be a…

When I first became aware of solar panels they were powering calculators and the satellites circling the planet. Their common…

There is a common misconception that patents only benefit their owner. A patent owner can prevent others commercially exploiting their…

Arthritis is an extremely common condition in the UK. It causes joint pain, limits mobility, and can become so debilitating…