On the 24th May the General Court decided that Emmentaler cheese cannot be trademarked in the European Union. The decision appears to have hinged on the German public’s view that Emmentaler is a type of cheese, not a geographic origin.
Where traditional chemical synthesis is faltering, however, molecular and synthetic biology is providing solutions.
Innovation - and by extension IP - has never been more important for cleantech companies. However the opportunities and need to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies prompts one question: is your innovation strategy fit for purpose?
Yesterday a US Supreme Court panel unanimously decided to support Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey’s opposition to VIP Products’ ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy. They felt the product was an obvious parody of their brand.
Recent advances in automation, machine learning, and cleantech have heralded the “4th industrial revolution”. This promises to not only rapidly change how we live and work, but also transform it beyond recognition.
Intellectual Property plays a key part in securing R&D grant funding (demonstrating work-to-date) and is a critical element of the outputs of grant funded R&D projects (what IP is created during the project).