Aug 19, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Slaughter and May We have previously discussed (here, here and here) the exclusion of computer programs from UK patentability and its significance to the...
Aug 06, 2024 Time is money: Court of Appeal confirms interest is payable on, and limitation periods do not apply to, past royalties due in FRAND claims By Peter Elkin The Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated decision in the FRAND licence dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo. Both...
Jul 09, 2024 Creating a level playing field: the EU AI Act and copyright By Issabella Cardu The EU AI Act is due to be published in the Official Journal of the EU in the coming days and will enter into force 20 days after...
May 16, 2024 ANNd here we go: UK IPO releases its updated guidelines for examining patent applications relating to AI By Issy Spiro Last week, the UK IPO released its updated guidelines for examining patent applications relating to AI. This hotly anticipated re-release...
Mar 20, 2024 Amazon in the firing line as UK Supreme Court tackles targeting By Richard Barker The UK Supreme Court has confirmed that Amazon infringed Lifestyle Equities’ UK and EU trade marks by offering for sale certain third...
Feb 20, 2024 Not For Today! UK Government rejects Committee recommendations to address NFT IP concerns By Slaughter and May In October last year, the Culture, Media and Sport (“CMS”) Committee of the UK House of Commons published a report entitled “NFTs and the...
Feb 20, 2024 “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” – back to square one after UK government abandons voluntary code of practice on copyright and AI By Ioanna Antcheva The UK government confirmed in its recent AI white paper consultation response (more on that here) that the technical working group...
Feb 08, 2024 New AI rules on the horizon for GenAI? UK Government response to AI white paper By Natalie Donovan The Westminster government confirmed this week that the UK “is on course for more agile AI regulation.” We’ve known for some time that it...
Feb 01, 2024 Watch out! Court of Appeal confirms Samsung liable for trade mark infringing watch face apps By Slaughter and May The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision finding Samsung liable for trade mark infringement as a primary tortfeasor where...
Jan 19, 2024 UK Supreme Court confirms that AI cannot be an inventor for UK patent purposes By Richard Barker Shortly before Christmas, in one of the most highly anticipated decisions of 2023, the UK Supreme Court confirmed that AI cannot be an...
Dec 20, 2023 ANNother patent? Has the High Court paved the way for increased patentability of Artificial Neural Networks? By Issy Spiro Patenting AI inventions is notoriously complex, with budding patentees having to weave a fine line between various exclusions from...
Dec 20, 2023 High Court refuses to throw out Getty Images’ IP infringement claim against generative AI provider Stability AI By Catherine O'Callaghan As 2023 draws to a close, generative AI remains a hot topic. Not only can you now look the term up in the dictionary, but we also have...
Nov 28, 2023 NFTs: CMS Committee highlights scale of potential copyright infringement By Richard Barker Last year, NFTs were everywhere and IP lawyers across the country were grappling to understand their potential impact on IP rights. This...
Nov 14, 2023 OpenAI offers to indemnify ChatGPT customers for copyright infringement By Catherine O'Callaghan OpenAI has announced that it will protect its business customers against copyright infringement lawsuits, following the lead of...
Oct 30, 2023 Watch how you sign – handwriting only for assigning a European patent application By Slaughter and May You’ve made your European patent application. You now want to assign it. You check the relevant provision of the European Patent...
Oct 27, 2023 High Court places impact of Brexit on trade mark infringement on “advance track” By Richard Barker The High Court has recently considered trade mark infringement through the use of a competitor’s mark as a Google keyword and in related...