Category: Patents
Opposing A European Patent On A Tight Schedule
| 18th February 2021
What do you do when you are up against a competitor’s European patent, and you have minimal time to oppose or revoke the patent in order to operate freely? You know the story – you’ve geared up for an all-important product launch, and take one l …
Where’s your IP at?
| 18th February 2021
Julia House, Director and UK & European Trade Mark Attorney at Albright IP talks about their IP portal and the challenges companies face when managing multiple brands… Put simply, if you don’t know what you’ve got, then you can’t make it work for y …
Why should you patent an invention?
| 18th February 2021
When a prospective client approaches Albright IP, they usually have a reasonably clear idea about what they would like us to do. If they have a new innovation which they regard as an invention, then what they really want is a granted patent to …
Winning An Opposition Against A European Patent
| 19th December 2020
This brief case study provides an overview of strategies for winning an opposition submitted against a European Patent. The statistics for opposition of a European patent before the European Patent Office (EPO) suggest that the process can be co …
How Patents Can Let You Make Money from Covid-19
| 3rd December 2020
If you watched the Downing Street press briefing on Monday 23rd November 2020 then, amongst the utterances of “jolly” and “alas” from the UK Prime Minister, you may have noticed a comment from Prof Andrew Pollard. Prof Pollard – director …
How Apple Successfully Patented A Software User Interface for A Camera
| 16th November 2020
Case Study No. 2 Index Introduction How To Find Software Patents Background Of The Patent How Does Apple Obtain So Many Granted Software Patents in Europe? Why start with a ‘method’ claim? Dissecting The Claims Method Claim 1 Compu …
Accelerated patents – are you making use of the Green Channel?
| 9th September 2020
As the government grapples with the need to map out what the post-COVID landscape might look like, there is one thing for certain, now is the time to take the opportunity to do the right thing for our world. There is much discussion about the need to ‘ …
How does Apple successfully patent software?
| 16th July 2020
Having handled patent cases for more than 20 years, I have lost count of the number of times clients have asked “How do I patent software?”, or state that “Software is not patentable in the UK or Europe”. My answer has always been…
Living ViCo-riously
| 15th July 2020
The new normal is here, but the world of Intellectual Property management continues unabated. Deadlines for prosecuting patent applications may be extended in many cases, but by-and-large the filing and examination processes are unchanged. …
The Effect of The Coronavirus on Official Deadlines (Updated)
| 4th May 2020
Normally, having to face moving goalposts would be a bad thing, but it is proving to be beneficial when it comes to IP deadlines falling during the Covid-19 pandemic. For now, deadlines before the UK Intellectual Property Office remain ex …
