Duncan Bucknell
Strategic Intellectual Property
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...
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...
“‘The technology is moving so fast and we’re so small, we don’t need a patent, we just need to move fast.” Wrong. Every small tech company is going to want to...
Trending in intellectual property at the moment: Apple ordered to pay US $502m plus compound interest to non practicing entity Optis in FRAND patent infringement appeal to UK Court of Appeal....
Here are some thoughts on intellectual property if you’re about to go through a business transformation:
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...
How to make good IP decisions when there’s no time to spare, in a complex and rapidly evolving world? Can you balance multiple perspectives and factors in the heart of the...
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...
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