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Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be an Inventor of a Patent Application
Cloe Loo | 20th February 2020
The European Patent Office has recently issued a decision that a machine cannot be named as inventor for a European patent application. On 27 January 2020, the EPO refused two European patent applications (EP3564144A1 and EP3563896A1, rel …
Shanks vs Unilever
Adrian Hocking | 11th February 2020
The Supreme Court’s judgement in Shanks vs Unilever could lead to increased costs for businesses which benefit from profitable patents. But can these costs be avoided? In the UK, the right to be granted a patent for an invention which is …
The Mathematics of Patents
Marc Maidment | 5th February 2020
As a general rule, mathematical methods are excluded from patentability, although practical applications involving mathematics may still be patentable (advances in cryptography, for example). However, mathematical terms themselves aren’t exclude …
Brexit update – 31 January 2020
Robert Games | 31st January 2020
The UK formally leaves the EU today on, 31 January 2020. A transition period will run up until the end of 2020. Regardless of whether a modified version of the Withdrawal Agreement is negotiated, it is unlikely that the current draft proposals/t …
EPO CRISPR Patent Appeal Resolved
Will Doherty | 22nd January 2020
The EPO Boards of Appeal convened recently to offer a final ruling in respect of EP2771468, a patent granted to the Broad Institute in respect of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology. This case has attracted a lot of attention, not least because …
New Year, New IP
Robert Games | 13th January 2020
Happy New Year from Albright IP. As we welcome in a new decade, we want to wish all our clients, colleagues and partners around the world a prosperous 2020. At the turn of the last decade we were just starting out with six staff, today we …
Banksy: The Flower Thrower
Adrian Hocking | 17th December 2019
“Does art matter?”. On 17 October 2019 , graffiti artist Banksy launched an online shop called Gross Domestic Product to sell his branded merchandise for two weeks, the launch being advertised by a pop-up shop in Croydon, UK. To have chance at p …
Has Sky been grounded? – Sky v Skykick
Katie Oliver | 27th November 2019
The recently published Opinion of the Attorney-General in the Sky v Skykick case, has provided some much-needed clarity on the legitimacy of wide-ranging specifications, and the associated issue of ‘bad faith’ being pleaded in trade mark invalid …
Bentley v Bentley – The Peril of New Markets
Julia House | 20th November 2019
On 1 November 2019, Judge Richard Hacon in the High Court finally settled a 20-year long dispute between one of the world’s most prestigious and recognizable car brands, and a small Manchester based UK clothing company. The background of …
Can I register this shape as a Trade Mark?
Julia House | 15th November 2019
Trade Mark Registration grants the owner a monopoly right over their Mark for an unlimited amount of time, so long as registration is renewed at each (10 year) anniversary. When it comes to the registration of a 3D shape, arguably, the criteria …
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