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Patents

Exclusions to healthcare treatment methods under the EPC

Article 53 of the European Patent Convention rules out the patenting of treatment methods by surgery or therapy, as well as certain diagnostics methods, to safeguard patients’ needs. Marisol Cardoso and Susana Rodrigues of Inventa explore.   22 March 2024

Trademarks

UKIPO: ‘We all need to embrace AI’

UKIPO deputy CEO addresses CITMA conference in London | IPO records upsurge in demand for services in the face of “an inexorable change in the technology landscape” | AI tools can create more efficient, seamless user experience, deputy CEO tells delegates.   22 March 2024

Careers

PTAB expert litigator joins Goodwin Law

Partner brings extensive Patent Trial and Appeal Board experience to the firm | Expertise in inter partes reviews in industries including data communications, semiconductor devices machine learning, and electronic commerce.   21 March 2024

Future of IP

Why EU regulators like ‘FRAND’ and what it means for all IP

The bloc’s Data Act is the latest to reference the familiar Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory principle—but SEPs serve as a warning against its proliferation, ask Katie Coltart and Bolko Ehlgen of Linklaters.   21 March 2024

Copyright

Disney and Marvel sued by artist over Werewolf by Night poster

Disney and Marvel hit with copyright infringement suit over graphic artwork | Claims the pair used the art without consent in a TV special promotion | Adds to Marvel and Disney’s existing legal disputes with writers and artists.   21 March 2024

Future of IP

UK primed for IP-backed finance, say WIPO and UKIPO

UKIPO announces measures to raise profile of IP financing | UK banks start to offer IP-backed loans but ‘much further to go’ before option becomes mainstream.   21 March 2024

Trademarks

Reaction: Tesco’s loss could cost ‘millions’ after justices 'reluctantly' dismiss logo appeal

In the supermarket battle, Lidl proved that enough consumers think Tesco’s Clubcard logo held a price-matching message. WIPR gauges reaction from lawyers—including counsel for both parties.   20 March 2024

Future of IP

‘We believe in being ahead of the curve’: how lawyers perceive AI

As the debate sparked by the rise of advanced technology continues, how exactly are lawyers using AI tools and what are the challenges? Marisa Woutersen finds out.   20 March 2024

Trademarks

Price-matching message checks out for Lidl

Witnesses, surveys and consumer reactions were among evidence that helped convince courts that Tesco’s sign conveyed a false price-matching message and a change in economic behaviour, explain Bird & Bird’s winning team.   20 March 2024

Careers

Kilpatrick appoints technology litigator as chair-elect

IP-focused firm's new chair-elect follows Henry Walker’s decade-long leadership | New leader has chaired the IP department for 11 years | Started as an associate in 2000 and brings litigation, strategy, and management of tech issues to the role.   19 March 2024

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