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Technology and Climate change

Key points The transition to green energy may reduce the cost of energy as renewable energy becomes cheaper than fossil fuels for most applications. Cheaper energy will support future technology. The environmental impact of technologies such as a...

Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat)

Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat) Background The first UK battle held in the wide-ranging (both in terms of number of patents and geographical area) patent fight between Abbott and Dexcom has ended in a stalemate. Mr Justice Mellor has found two...

End of the line: DABUS reaches its final stop in the UK

On 20 December 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks [2023] UKSC 49 in which it unanimously dismissed Dr Stephen Thaler’s appeal against the Compt...

Report on EPO Patent Knowledge Week

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently held many online conferences but the real highlight has been the Patent Knowledge week. There were three full days on 28-30 November discussing AI, the EPO’s new tools, data on the first few months of...