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Unfortunately, the greatest public health crisis in a century has postponed the Olympics until the next year. To at least partially fill the void, Egheosa Ogbomo takes a look at some intellectual property related to athletics and the Olympics.

IP updates

Claim One – #03 Strategic Portfolio Reviews

Joanna Deas and Joseph Lenthall take a look at how strategic portfolio reviews can help maximise an organisation’s IP rights and the cost-saving benefits it can provide.

IP updates

Hey Xiao-i: Apple Faces £1.1 Billion Patent Lawsuit After China’s Supreme Court Restores Validity of Xiao-i Patent

Xiao-i is seeking 10 billion yuan (£1.10 billion) in damages, and demands that Apple cease “manufacturing, using, promising to sell, selling, and importing” products that infringe on the patent. This move could prevent Apple from selling most of its products in its second-largest market.

IP insights

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Electronics Newsletter is Out Now!

In this edition we take a look at the legality of AI inventors, give an update on G1/19 (for which a decision is currently awaited on the patentability of computer simulations) and discuss some recent guidance from the UKIPO on software patentability. In addition, we take a look at the effect of COVID-19 on the IP community and review the High Court’s decision in IPCom GmbH & Co KG v Vodafone Group PLC.

General

Haseltine Lake Kempner Appoints a New Partner to their Tech Team

Haseltine Lake Kempner welcomes William Morgan as a Partner to the firm’s Tech team. Following several years in Australia at another respected IP firm, William returns to the UK to join HLK.

General

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Dr Brian Whitehead Officially “Appointed”

Haseltine Lake Kempner are delighted to announce that one of our IP litigation partners, Dr Brian Whitehead, has been appointed as an Appointed Person for Trade Marks and Registered and Unregistered Designs.

IP updates

UK Formally Withdraws Ratification of Legislation for the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC)

The UK has now formally withdrawn its ratification of legislation supporting the Unified Patent Court, as first reported yesterday in a statement made in parliament by Amanda Solloway MP.

IP updates

Expandable Garden Hoses – A Seemingly Simple Mechanical Patent

The Court of Appeal decision in E. Mishan & Sons Limited v Hozelock & Ors concerns that rare beast – a dispute over a simple mechanical patent which requires no specialist knowledge to understand.

IP updates

G1/19 – The Patentability of Computer-Implemented Simulations

On July 15, 2020, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent Office held a hearing regarding the patentability of computer-implemented simulations. Although no decision has been made yet, the decision of the EBoA is highly anticipated by many stakeholders due to the growing significance of computer simulations in product design.

Blogs

An Ode to the Olympics

IP updates

Claim One – #03 Strategic Portfolio Reviews

IP updates

Hey Xiao-i: Apple Faces £1.1 Billion Patent Lawsuit After China’s Supreme Court Restores Validity of Xiao-i Patent

IP insights

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Electronics Newsletter is Out Now!

General

Haseltine Lake Kempner Appoints a New Partner to their Tech Team

General

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Dr Brian Whitehead Officially “Appointed”

IP updates

UK Formally Withdraws Ratification of Legislation for the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC)

IP updates

Expandable Garden Hoses – A Seemingly Simple Mechanical Patent

IP updates

G1/19 – The Patentability of Computer-Implemented Simulations