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 excluded and some of...
I have always had a bit of a problem with the question “what’s the probability of success?”. Is this patent going to be granted? Are we going to win this proposed litigation? Clients quite reasonably want to know, and most people accept there is some uncertainty. But...
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 ‘build back...
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...
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...