UK government’s new digital strategy aiming to position UK as a global science and tech superpower
As part of an overall strategy to strengthen the UK’s position as a “global science and tech superpower”, the UK government have recently released a policy paper focusing on their digital read more…
30 Jun 2022
Synthetic biologists – the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is now open!
Innovate UK has now opened a DASA competition to support proposals which use synthetic biology to overcome challenges in the defence and security sectors The total funding available for the whole read more…
29 Jun 2022
Patenting race to protect e-waste recycling technologies
According to the United Nations’ Global e-waste monitor, e-waste is the world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum recently estimated the read more…
17 Jun 2022
The role of IP in assisting the economic recovery – case study: software and cyber security companies evolving products to suit the new norm
(C) Naomi Korn Associates & Mathys & Squire 2022 Some Rights Reserved These case studies are licensed for reuse under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike read more…
03 Jun 2022
Fashion in the metaverse: virtual clothing trade marks jump by a third to 2,146 in past year
Data provided by Mathys & Squire has featured in an article by City AM and the Scotsman highlighting a surge in fashion trade marks in the metaverse An extended version of the release is read more…
30 May 2022
J 5/19: Correction of error in withdrawing an application
“Protecting the expectations of third parties rather than sanctioning the applicant for its negligence is the primary consideration” – re-dating the withdrawal of an application in order to read more…
26 May 2022
European Commission launches public consultation on genetically engineered plants
The European Commission has opened a public consultation on legislation relating to plants produced by certain genomic techniques The consultation is open for submissions until midnight (CET) on the read more…
EPO decision T 2963/19: A reasonable expectation of success
The European Patent Office (EPO) has a growing body of case law relating to the significance of clinical trial protocols when assessing novelty and inventive step The latest in this line of read more…
25 May 2022
Number of UK trade mark disputes more than doubles to record high as Brexit triggers intellectual property battles
Data provided by Mathys & Squire has featured in an article by The Times, Tech Register, World Intellectual Property Review, Institute of Export and International Trade and City read more…
23 May 2022
European Patent Office proposes to abolish the ’10-day rule’
UPDATE as of 1 July 2022 It is our understanding that the proposal to delete the 10-day rule was postponed at the EPO Administrative Council meeting at the end of June This means that, for read more…
16 May 2022
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