Analysis
2020 spike in biodegradable plastics innovation ends two decades of decline in patent applications
Appleyard Lees’ ‘Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2022’ revealed a significant increase in patent filings related to biodegradable plastics in recent years.
Are fanciful logos no longer in fashion?
Associate and trade mark attorney Hannah Burrows discusses how major luxury fashion labels appear to have moved from fanciful logos, with significant stylisation being stripped back in favour of simpler fonts.
Delaying grant of a European Patent to obtain a Unitary Patent and filing an early request for a Unitary Patent
With 1 June 2023 being the start date of the Unitary Patent system, applicants achieving allowance of their European patent applications in the coming months may wish to delay grant so as to obtain a Unitary Patent (UP).
T 0702/20: patentability of a sparsely connected neural network
Senior associate and patent attorney Paul Roscoe discusses T 0702/20, and the implications it could have on AI patent applications at the EPO.
When life gives you lemons: Brothers Drinks Co. Ltd v Thatchers Cider Company Limited (CLOUDY LEMON)
Partner and trade mark attorney Robert Cumming, and trainee trade mark attorney Claire Bothma, discuss if a a mark, which is descriptive for goods, also descriptive for the retail of those goods.
Global patent filing data reveals increasing investment in insect-based proteins
This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.