28th Aug 2015
Why do patent professionals spend so much time trying to find the right words to describe an invention? Nick Reeve, partner for Reddie & Grose LLP shows how the story of cloud computing technology, and the words used to describe it, provide an explanation. This article was originally published by the Society for Compters and […]
27th Aug 2015
There has been much discussion recently of the Court of Appeal decision Smith & Nephew v Convatec (see, for example, the IPKat blog posts here and here). The case relates to a method claim in Convatec’s patent EP1343510, in which a particular chemical agent is defined as being present in a concentration “between 1% and […]
27th Aug 2015
‘Submarine patents’ are patents which have not been published before grant. The term ‘submarine’ derives from the fact that they emerge without warning on grant and may be very dangerous to competitors. The good news is that submarine patents do not exist in the United Kingdom or in Europe. This is because most British and […]
26th Aug 2015
The case law on patentability of computer programs and business methods has been reasonably settled in the UK and Europe for a couple of years. The world moves on, though, and it is the nature of inventors that they invent new methods and systems that challenge the status quo. One such area of endeavour is […]
24th Aug 2015
In recent years, crowdfunding has become a hugely popular way to raise finance to launch new products and start new businesses. With the global crowdfunding industry predicted to more than double in size in 2015, entrepreneurs from around the world are rushing to raise funds on platforms such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Crowdfunder. In their […]
17th Aug 2015
Arguably the single largest loss of revenue for companies producing digital products is to copyright infringement in the form of digital piracy. However, a survey published recently by the UK IPO suggests that the tide may be turning against digital pirates. The Online Copyright Infringement Tracker is an ongoing survey, commissioned and funded by the […]