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The Court of Appeal in Match Group LLC v Muzmatch Ltd has given useful guidance on the role of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases.

The supermarket wars continued on Wednesday 19 April, with Mrs Justice J. Smith handing down her judgment in the High Court in favour of Lidl.

Patent offices around the world typically do a good job of examining applications so that only the patents that meet the requirements, including novelty and inventiveness, make it through to grant. However, this is not always the case. Ben Lincoln considers the challenges being made against battery patents.

The simple answer is yes, you can patent software. However, there are strict rules to follow as to what software or software-related inventions can be patented.

This article, written exclusively for Food Manufacture explores the availability and role of IP in protecting data-driven innovations to be used by your business.

There has been increasing discussion around problems with the transfer of technology from universities, and in particular with the spin-out process.