Roland Garros … the inventor!

Game... As we start a second week of tennis battles on the French clay, some of…


Patent statistics

The European Patent Office (EPO) recently published a Patent index [1]…


Plausibility at the EPO, is the proof in the pudding?

  Patentability is closely related to the provision of a technical…


Accelerated Patent Examination

The Examination of a patent application can take several years during which…


AI systems denied status of inventor for lack of personality

As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used as a tool to resolve…


The European Unified Patent Court on the Brink of Becoming a Reality

After years of uncertainty triggered in part by the withdrawal of the UK from…


A Lay Guide: What Happens Between the Filing and Granting of a Patent?

Filing a patent application is the start of a journey, not the end of it! In…


A Holistic Approach to Patent Filing

The global nature of most businesses means that companies are likely to seek…


G4/19 Decision on the Prohibition of Double Patenting  

Under most jurisdictions two patents cannot be granted to the same applicant…


Diversity in the IP World

 Gender equality, BAME representation and diversity in a wider sense has taken…