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Strategic licensing: Turning IP into commercial value
In today’s competitive landscape, effective commercial licensing strategies are essential for unlocking the full value of intellectual property. This article explores four critical pillars: understanding intellectual property as a property right, the fundamentals of licensing intellectual property rights, structuring successful joint ventures and best practices for intellectual property rights management. Whether you’re navigating new markets or scaling established innovations, these tips provide a roadmap for protecting, leveraging and maximizing your IP assets.
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Are open-source patent portfolios the key to the EV revolution?
16 June 2022
The widespread rollout of electric vehicles is viewed as a crucial part of the UK's green revolution. When discussing how this can be achieved, charging infrastructure is often cited as the key to...
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Patenting
What is the likely timing of the UPC and UP coming into being?
09 June 2022
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is currently completing preparations to be open for business (under the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement (the ‘PAP-Protocol')).
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Litigation
The Unitary Patent System is on the way
20 January 2022
We reported last year that the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC) were progressing. The main hurdle left to clear was sufficient countries ratifying the Protocol on the Provisional...
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Litigation
Hybrid event: Healthcare Innovation & Strategy Series - IP Strategy Beyond Drafting Patents
19 October 2021
We would like to invite you to join us for the second part of our life science and medtech event on 09 November where we will continue to explore upcoming trends in IP and healthcare.
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Patenting
Unlocking healthcare with AI
16 September 2021
Much has been written about the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to reshape everyday life.This potential is already being realised in healthcare, with health...
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Patenting
License to heal
07 September 2021
The hallmark of 5G is extremely low latency speeds. In theory, robotics could be controlled from long distances with just 0.1 seconds of a delay.
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Patenting
Ask the Experts: What can I do if someone is using my invention without my permission?
02 September 2021
In the previous articles, we looked at the mechanics of filing a patent application. In this last article of our ‘Ask the Experts' series, we will be addressing some of the other ways in which a...
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Patenting
The personalised healthcare boom
01 September 2021
Personalised healthcare is a fairly new term relating to technology that gives individuals effective healthcare based on their own unique attributes.
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Patenting
Ask the Experts: How can I manage the costs of a patent?
24 August 2021
In previous articles, we addressed the questions of whether applying for a patent is appropriate, and if so, when this should be done. This article addresses questions around the process for filing a...
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Patenting
Ask the Experts: Can I get a patent for my invention?
17 August 2021
In the first article in this series, we introduced patent attorneys, and suggested that ‘How do I get a patent’ may not be the first question to ask a patent attorney.
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Patenting
Ask the Experts: Can a patent attorney help your business?
10 August 2021
If you have watched the BBC programme ‘Dragons Den', you'll almost certainly have heard entrepreneurs asked about intellectual property rights, such as patents, design rights, trademarks and so on.
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Patenting
Should I get my Patent Application to Grant as Fast as Possible?
28 July 2021
Why do patents take so long to grant?Progressing a patent family through to grant can take a notoriously long amount of time, particularly when an applicant is looking to protect their invention in a...
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How could internal combustion engines help drive decarbonisation?
22 July 2021
Last week, the UK Government announced that sales of new petrol and diesel heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will be banned by 2040. The UK's Road Haulage Association supports the aim, but in a press...
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Patenting
Digital event: Reality check for patenting computer-implemented simulations at the EPO
21 May 2021
Join us for a digital event on the 2 June.In its decision G1/19 (Simulations), the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) addresses the patentability of...
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Patenting
Digital event: Patent enablement in the UK – the judgments in the Regeneron and Illumina cases
09 April 2021
Join us for a digital event on the 21 April where we will be covering what you need to know about the requirement of patent enablement in the UK – the Supreme Court decision in Regeneron and the High...
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Patenting
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