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Future of IP
A new, month-long WIPR Focus explores what the future holds for intellectual property'people, technology and rights owners, explains Tom Phillips. 4 March 2024
Future of IP
The huge plant breeder uses drones, satellites and robots in order to enforce plant rights the world over. It’s fertile ground for infringers, as the company’s VP of IP and GC tells Sarah Speight. 4 March 2024
Future of IP
Free AI ‘poisoning’ tools Nightshade and Glaze disrupt AI bots during the data training process. But are these really a solution to protecting copyright, or should governments step in? Lee Curtis of HGF explores. 4 March 2024
News
Research looks at frequency of IP mentions in UK news and effects on public perceptions | Focus includes copyright, patents, trademarks, and design rights | Shows a noticeable increase in IP mentions impacting decision making for rights owners. 4 March 2024
Careers
IP partner will continue to assist clients with legal needs outside the US | He will co-head San Francisco office which launched in 2018. 4 March 2024
Unified Patent Court
Court confirms its tally of filings and actions since June opening | German location remains by far the most popular venue for litigation | Local Milan division receives three actions. 4 March 2024
Copyright
East Africa’s largest country has developed IP guidelines for judges and magistrates to improve efficiency as investors eye economic growth, explains Miguel Bibe of Inventa. 4 March 2024
Unified Patent Court
Well-resourced NPEs looking to play the injunction card are eyeing up the court—companies with European operations should prepare, say Tom Oliver and Jessica Rosethorn of Powell Gilbert. 4 March 2024
Trademarks
As fashion brands explore blockchain, AI tools, and NFTs, it is tech-savvy lawyers who steer them in the right direction. Muireann Bolger speaks to counsel working the seam of apparel and tech. 4 March 2024
Patents
EUIPO wins appeal to reverse General Court decision | Court of Justice ‘concludes there are no loopholes’ in community design regulation | ‘Protect designs from the beginning’, say lawyers. 1 March 2024
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