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AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 14 Jan 2022
IPO’s consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and Innovation
The UK government is seeking views from industry and others both domestically and globally as to whether the ecosystem surrounding Standard Essential…
AA Thornton | European Union, United Kingdom | 7 Jan 2022
Protecting Digital Medtech Innovation
For many years the medical technology (medtech) sector has been at the forefront of innovation and the Covid-19 pandemic has not slowed it down, with…
AA Thornton | European Union, United Kingdom | 21 Dec 2021
EPO rejects appeals against refusal of applications naming AI system as inventor
Further to our earlier publication (https://www.aathornton.com/court-of-appeal-dabus-case/) reporting a UK Court of Appeal decision concerning the…
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 21 Dec 2021
Pharmaceutical Trade Mark UK case law round-up December 2021
With the UK IPO having seen record numbers of trade mark applications over the past year, a steady stream of objections, oppositions and Cancellation…
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 10 Nov 2021
Patent Box: Inventing a way to reduce Corporation Tax
Most companies would like to invent a way to reduce their corporation tax liability. The UK Patent Box scheme provides a way to do just that by…
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 30 Sep 2021
Trademarks in United Kingdom
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 28 Sep 2021
Court of Appeal confirms requirement for human inventor in ‘DABUS’ case
On 21 September 2021 the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in THALER v COMPTROLLER GENERAL concerning allowability of UK patents having an AI…
AA Thornton | European Union, United Kingdom | 24 Sep 2021
Exhausted? You’re not alone…! What next for parallel imports after Brexit?
1 January 2021 marked the start of a new era for the United Kingdom and European Union. On that date, some four and a half years after the UK voted…
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 27 Aug 2021
Innovate UK Smart Grants - Competition Opens!
Innovate UK are “the UK’s innovation agency” and are part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) which is a national funding agency investing in…
AA Thornton | European Union, United Kingdom | 13 Aug 2021
Post Brexit - the final countdown …
Don’t forget the 30 September 2021 deadline for filing comparable UK trade mark or design applications based on any EU trade marks or designs that…
