IP insights When Brands get Political: A Masterclass on the IP Advisor’s Role Last week, HLK partner Jason Dainty chaired an online masterclass on managing brands through political movements, and the role of legal advisors in advising brands on engagement with social and political issues.
IP insights Of Molecules & Medicine: New Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal At the start of this year, new Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA 2020) came into force. These new Rules make it more difficult to have requests admitted into the Appeal proceedings. Some recent decisions from the Boards of Appeal show just how difficult this can be.
IP insights Of Molecules & Medicine: Patent Office Opinions The UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UK IPO’s) Opinions Service provides the ability to obtain the opinion of the patent office as to validity or infringement of a particular patent or supplementary protection certificate (SPC).
IP insights Haseltine Lake Kempner’s China Newsletter is Out Now! In this edition we cover numerous areas of IP from patents to designs and trade marks. We also explore several key decisions including the highly anticipated Apple v Xiao-i lawsuit.
IP insights Shift in International Innovation Powers Between East Asian Economies and Western Superpowers Over the Last Decade Innovation has increasingly become a significant indicator of a country’s economic and social progress, and new developments in advanced technologies are particularly representative of a nation or region’s competitiveness.
IP insights By Design: Protecting Graphical User Interfaces Using Registered Designs With the number of smartphone users in the world estimated to be around 3.5 billion, it is more important than ever to protect the intellectual property (IP) of such devices
IP insights 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 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.
IP insights Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Japan Newsletter is Out Now! In a recent review of blockchain patenting at the EPO we noted the rapid increase in numbers of patent applications related to developments in blockchain technology in the last couple of years.
