Quantum Computing Just last week, the EPO published the second in a series of insight reports related to quantum technologies, in which it presented its findings as to the increase of new filings and the number of patent families over the last 30 years, and provided analysis on how roughly 10% of recent European patent applications in the field have several applicants, indicating cooperative research around the world. Visit UK site
Rethinking the Novelty of Selection Inventions: Board in T 1688/20 Reverts to First Principles Assessing the novelty of a patent claim in the materials science space (as well as in chemistry and the life sciences) often involves determining whether a “selection invention”, as it is known at the EPO, has been made. Visit UK site
Trade Marks blog Check back here on a regular basis for the latest post-Brexit insights and updates. Visit UK site
HLK Once Again Partners with Converge HLK are once again partnering with Converge – Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector. Dispelling the myth that you need to call yourself an “entrepreneur” to set up a business, Converge helps staff, students, and recent graduates from Scottish universities to launch their own businesses aiming to highlight the impact on both people and on the planet that founders can have through their companies. Visit UK site
Changes to the Handling of UK Trade Marks and Designs Before the UK IPO Following MARCO POLO On 25 January 2023, the United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released its long-awaited Tribunal Practice Notice (TPN) on the effective service of official documents for trade marks and design registrations that do not have a valid UK address for service (AFS). Visit UK site
Evolution of Computer Storage - Part Three The latest developments in the now 9-year long saga of a discarded Hard Drive containing 8000 Bitcoin (or roughly 2.5 billion Dogecoin for adopters of a rival, Shiba-Inu-faced alt-coin) involves plans to search a Welsh landfill site using mechanical arms to pick through the rubbish and robotic dogs to scan the rubbish-heap with cameras (rather than to ward off potential light-fingered data-poachers – to my disappointment). Visit UK site
