15th Mar 2024
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has commissioned some new research into the impact of complicit social media influencers on the consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK. The analysis has been conducted by academics from the University of Portsmouth and Michigan State University.
30th Jan 2023
The UK introduces a new rule which requires trade mark and design owners based in other countries to appoint UK representatives if their trade marks or designs are challenged.
1st Aug 2022
To support the 2022 London Climate Action week in June/July, Reddie & Grose hosted an online panel discussion asking whether, in view of the ongoing climate and ecological emergencies, the Intellectual Property system is doing enough to support innovators working on Green Tech and Net Zero related inventions. Four speakers joined us to share their thoughts, including Andrew Sadler from the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO), Anja Von Der Ropp from the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), Samantha Wildman from MPA Associates, and Sam Williams from Siemens PLC. What follows is a summary of the main themes to emerge from the discussion along with links to useful resources.
11th May 2021
Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are an increasingly important form of computer implemented invention. With the rise in applications relating to artificial Intelligence, big data and Fin-Tech, techniques for the effective capturing of input data (input GUIs) and visualization of complex processing (output GUIs) are essential. Further, as the trend of algorithm driven “black-boxes” continues, Graphical […]
23rd Apr 2021
Many of us feel as though we have undergone some form of transformation over the course of this last extraordinary year. On 21 April 2021, the UK IPO proudly announced its own “One IPO” Transformation Programme – a five-year programme intended to transform Intellectual Property (IP) services and enhance the value that the IPO adds to the UK economy. As Amanda Solloway MP (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation) commented: “The UK already has a world leading IP environment, but a service for innovators must itself innovate.”
12th Mar 2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be in the news in the Intellectual Property world.In a recent development in the UK, a decision to refuse an AI patent application was heard at appeal by the UK High Court. Interestingly, the appellant was unrepresented at the High Court hearing the judgement was remotely handed down on 22 January 2021.
10th Feb 2021
Last year, we reviewed a United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (IPO) report on sectors of the economy which make the most intensive use of intellectual property (IP) rights, and how much these sectors contribute to the UK economy. This week, the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office have jointly published a report on the commercial benefit of owning IP rights to European companies