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…
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. One major change to...
A successful six-month trial to test the world’s first pop-up electric vehicle charge point in a residential street in Oxford has paved the way for a wider roll-out, say its designers. The UEOne pop-up charge-point, has been developed and manufactured by...
Recently, PlanetArt, the company behind the popular FreePrints app, succeeded in a Trade Mark infringement claim against one of its competitors, Photobox. The infringement claim related to Photobox’s rival app, which, like FreePrints, provides prints of photographs...
Following the CJEU greatly anticipated judgement to questions raised to it, the UK High Court has now issued Lord Justice Arnold’s concluding decision, in the Sky v SkyKick case. As reported previously, Justice Arnold had requested the CJEU provide...
If you have filed an initial patent application in your home country and are considering an international PCT patent application, analyse any available search results prior to filing and consider modifying the claims to make them as unique and inventive as possible.