A New Test for Software Patents? The UKIPO Issues Its Long-Awaited Practice Note
On 14 July 2026, the UKIPO published its long-awaited Practice Note, entitled…
Beyond the Brick: What the 2026 Decision Reveals About Lego’s IP Strategy
When the General Court of the EU handed down its 14 January 2026 judgment in…
When It Doesn’t Pay to Be Too Wise
The recent UK decision in Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd & Others (2025,…
Delays to UKIPO Patent Publications – What You Need to Know
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has announced that it will…
A Fluffy Drama for the Ages: The Sylvanian Families Vs Sylvanian Drama
A Fluffy Drama for the Ages: the Sylvanian Families Vs Sylvanian Drama Anyone…
Protecting the Original In A World of Copies
Protecting the Original In A World of Copies Recently I finally got around to…
All’s Fair In Love and War?: Is Using Copyrighted Works To Train Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems Legal Or Not??
This week saw two big decisions in the US courts relating to whether the use of…
From Prompt to Plagiarism: The Hollow Path of using AI to Invent
In our blog post of April 24, 2023, linked to here, we discussed the Good, the…
Adaptation of the Description – A Saga Finally Over?
A new entry in the ongoing argument regarding description amendment at the EPO…
Boosting Business Certainty: CIPA Welcomes UK’s Continued Exhaustion of IP Rights
On 19 May 2025, the Intellectual Property Minister, Feryal Clark, confirmed the…