IP News

August 19, 2022 Lara Weaver

New requirements for sequence listings

On 1 July 2022, the new WIPO ST.26 sequence listing standard came into effect in all WIPO-contracting states. New PCT, …

August 18, 2022 Beatrice Malacart

Psychedelic drugs: recent breakthroughs and patent protection

Psychedelics are a class of psychoactive substances that cause changes in perception, mood, and cognitive processes. Examples include LSD, MDMA …

August 18, 2022 Dr Ryan Mitchell

Patent term extensions (SPCs) for combination products

Often marketed medicines in Europe are authorised as a combination product containing a combination of active ingredients.  In some instances, …

August 18, 2022 Hester Sheehan

FemTech – the long-overlooked gap in the health market surrounding women’s health  

Despite making up half of the planet’s population, women are significantly underrepresented in life sciences research. Until 1993, women were …

July 27, 2022 Thomas Heath

Technology powering the 2022 Commonwealth Games: starting blocks

As Birmingham prepares for this summer’s Commonwealth Games, we look at some of the inventions that have helped change the …

July 26, 2022 Dr Robert Paul

Technology powering the 2022 Commonwealth Games: Hawk-Eye

As Birmingham prepares for this summer’s Commonwealth Games, we look at some of the inventions that have helped change the …

July 25, 2022 Callum Watson

Technology powering the 2022 Commonwealth Games: the hockey stick

As Birmingham prepares for this summer’s Commonwealth Games, we look at some of the inventions that have helped change the …

June 29, 2022

The UK IPO clears its backlog for patent, trade mark and design examination!

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK IPO reports that they have received record numbers of patent and trade mark applications …

June 24, 2022 Dr Matt Barton

EPO Boards of Appeal’s rules of procedure in chemical cases

Introduction

The EPO Boards of Appeal amended their rules of procedure as from 1 January 2020. The EPO’s stated aims …