Mathys Matters January 2025
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Nike leads way in footwear patent filings as manufacturers compete in ‘running shoe arms race’
- Healthcare and Unitary Patents – everyone opts out, right? Maybe not.
- Protecting Innovation: IP in Vegan Alternatives
- International Day of Clean Energy: IP trends for Cleantech in 2025
- New talent from the quantum technology sector joining Mathys & Squire
Mathys Matters December 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: 2024 at Mathys & Squire
- EU Design protection fit for the 21st century – The world of Virtual Reality gets protection for the first time
- How AI is Shaping the Future of Stroke Treatment in the UK
- Delays in resolving EPO Petitions for Review raise concerns
- Mathys & Squire earns ISO Accreditations for 8th Consecutive Year
Mathys Matters November 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: One year on, UPC finally publishes pleadings – revealing ongoing problems with transparency of proceedings
- Change in European law rescues ‘same applicant’ priority in important CRISPR patents
- UK ranks highly in European university innovation study
- ‘Fake Always Breaks’: The Impact of Counterfeit Automotive Components
- The UK Supreme Court hands down the long-awaited Skykick v Sky decision.
- Mathys & Squire Partners have been featured in an exclusive interview for Lawyer Monthly Magazine
- International Men’s Day 2024
- Mathys & Squire Partners have been recognised in the 2025 edition of IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders
Mathys Matters October 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Mathys & Squire teams recommended in The Legal 500 2025 directory for their “unparalleled knowledge and experience in all areas of intellectual property”
- Two CRISPR patents pulled from EPO appeals citing procedural concerns
- EPO Board of Appeal finds no basis in EPC for requiring description amendments, and opts not to refer questions to the Enlarged Board
- Emerging therapeutics and technology provide hope for menopause management
- Semiconductor patent applications up 22% globally to 81,000 a year
Mathys Matters September 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Why the UK patent system needs an urgent overhaul
- Unified Patent Court grants access to evidence but concerns remain over how transparent the new European Court system is going to be
- The UK remains a leading innovator – but falls behind on international patent filings
Mathys Matters August 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Are written proceedings before the UPC truly public? A tale of three access requests
- New Government Minister for AI should make it easier to patent AI technology
- Mathys & Squire Managing Associate Harry Rowe was featured in the article by WTR
- Mathys & Squire Partner Nicholas Fox was featured in an article by Solicitors Journal
- Intellectual Property and Trade Marks (Taylor’s Version)
Mathys Matters July 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Emotional Perception High Court ruling overturned by Court of Appeal
- UKIPO launches Standards Essential Patents Resource Hub
- Ever more patent proprietors opting for the Unitary Patent
- Mathys & Squire Partners discuss the importance of protecting IP in the alternative proteins industry
- Filings of secret ‘National Security’ patents increase 36% in a year amid military tech developments
Mathys Matters June 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Unified Patent Court captures 15% of European patent litigation but still far from being primary European patent court
- Changes to the proposed new medicinal products Directive have been approved by the EU Parliament – do they shift the balance between generics and innovators and are they TRIPS compliant?
- Mathys & Squire files Petition for Review for Ipsen Bioinnovation
- Mathys & Squire recognised as one of Europe’s leading patent firms in the Financial Times 2024 rankings
- Fifteen Mathys & Squire attorneys recognised in IAM Patent 1000 2024
Mathys Matters May 2024
In this edition:
- Spotlight of the month: Number of drone patents filed worldwide jumps 16% in past year
- Does an inventive process entitle you to a claim to an obvious product?
- Mathys & Squire promotes three experts to partners
- Patenting materials in medical devices at the EPO
- Update on Mathys & Squire test case in support of open justice
