EPO enlarged board of appeal rules that non-reproducible commercial products are prior art when assessing novelty and inventive step. A product put on the market before the filing date of a European...

The long-awaited Anthropic “Claude” AI training, copyright fair use judgment has just been issued in the Northern District of California, USA. Here are some important takeaways for business owners: It goes...

Nike settles trade mark dispute with “Shoe Surgeon” Dominic Ciambrone over his high end customised shoes. He’s apparently allowed limited customization with removal of any Nike IP. StupidDope; SGB Media; hypebeast;...

Be proactive in managing your brands, especially when entering and operating in new markets, even if online. Be quick to identify and avoid or address potential conflicts as the expense and...

Another Repatha instalment, this time the UPC (Unified Patents Court) in Europe issued it’s first decision on infringement of second medical use claims. Regeneron’s EP 3536712 patent (licensed to Sanofi) found...

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Here are some thoughts on intellectual property if you’re about to go through a business transformation:

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The two main areas to consider are protecting your IP before you lose the chance, and managing risk associated with something new out on to the market. Protecting your IP This...

At what point in the future will you be able to challenge a competitors patents for lack of inventorship because they were AI generated not human generated? Is it still protected...

An act of deception has won many a military battle – from Sun Tzu to the Trojan Horse, from Alexander the Great, Hannibal or Napolean to the Spaniards defeating the overwhelmingly...

It’s been widely said (and attributed to Peter Drucker), that culture eats strategy for breakfast. Whilst Mark Fields made that particular phrase popular, Drucker definitely made it clear that culture will...