The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued its long-awaited judgement on the interpretation of Articles 3(a) and (c) of the SPC Regulation in the joined cases C-119/22 and C-149/22.
The European AI Office is currently facilitating the drawing-up of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The European Commission published the first draft of the Code on 14 November 2024. Further drafts are to be prepared, with the final version of the Code forecast to be released by 2 May 2025, in accordance with Article 56 (Codes of Practice) of the EU AI Act.
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to assist EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises in protecting their intellectual property rights.
A new report WIPO Technology Trends - Future of Transportation aims to drive the development of sustainable, efficient, and connected transportation systems aligned with the UN's 2030 Agenda. We take a closer look.
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a typographical error in a patent claim can only be corrected if the error and its correction are sufficiently certain to the skilled person. The patent claim remains the decisive basis for interpretation, with the description and drawings as explanatory aids.
Scandinavia and the Baltic States have long enjoyed strong political and economic ties, trading across the Baltic Sea for centuries. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway - often collectively referred to as Scandinavia - are renowned for innovation and the development of disruptive technologies. Sweden and Denmark consistently rank in the top ten for the world’s most innovative countries.
In a recent decision, the UPC Court of Appeal confirmed it can hear a claim for damages following a national court’s infringement finding, and that damages can date back before 1 June 2023 if the patent was still in force. This offers parties to national litigation a second route to seek (and potentially maximise) damages.
The construction industry is undergoing a transformation, particularly in terms of addressing the impact construction has on the environment. It is no surprise that AI is already playing a huge part in this transformation.
The decarbonisation of the shipping industry demands ports to find more sustainable ways to operate as much as the decarbonisation of vessels. In this article we look at how hardware innovation could help decarbonise ports.
Circular construction is the practice of reusing and reappropriating buildings and building materials to ensure they are reused, adapted and rebuilt for as long as possible. Doing this reduces waste, overreliance on certain resources and emissions.
Patenting AI-based inventions can be challenging in many jurisdictions. In recent years the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has gained a reputation for being less friendly to AI-based inventions.
The plant-based food market is growing rapidly, with consumers increasingly and actively seeking sustainable, ethical, and health-conscious alternatives. However, as this industry expands, so does the challenge of ensuring transparent and accurate labelling.
On 16 December 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Halozyme, Inc. v The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to assist EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises in protecting their intellectual property rights.
“Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology”: The 1st report of 2024-2025 session of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords published today.