Shanks v Unilever, Inventor of Diabetes Testing System Finally Rewarded for his “Outstanding” Contribution
The Supreme Court yesterday handed down its judgment in the long-running employee compensation case of Shanks v Unilever Plc. The claim...
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Unregistered Designs and the Question of First Disclosure
For many years there has been a question mark over whether a design must be first published in the geographical territory of the European...
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Significant Changes Coming to Canadian Patent Law
Canada has announced that anticipated changes to the Canadian Patent Act and Rules will be coming into force as of October 30, 2019....
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Singapore grants first fast track AI patent
IPOS (the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore) announced that the first patent had been granted under a fast track scheme for...
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IP for Start-ups and Spin-outs
Start-ups and spin-outs need to maximise the commercial advantage from their Innovations. Our Commercial Solicitor Simon Portman and...
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Revised Rules of Procedure for the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office to come into force on 1 January 2020
In a meeting of its Administrative Council on 26 and 27 June, the European Patent Office (EPO) approved new Rules of Procedure for its...
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Electric vehicles and the future of patents
Off the back of ongoing improvements in battery technology and car charging infrastructure, the electric vehicle (EV) market is growing....
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The five legal pitfalls of Clinical Trials Agreements
Collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, research organisations and hospital trusts, and the resulting clinical trials of new...
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Patenting Artificial Intelligence at the European Patent Office
This article first appeared in the April 2019 edition of CIPA Journal.I. IntroductionArtificial intelligence (“AI”) is one of the...
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