Artificial Intelligence: Patentability and Inventorship in Europe AA Thornton and the EPO’s Director of Patent Law explained the EPO’s approach to AI patenting, in discussion with the IP Institute of Canada. The UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the IP Institute of Canada (IPIC) invited the European Patent Office Director of Patent… Read more »
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Financial Times names AA Thornton one of Europe’s leading Patent Law Firm’s 2020
Financial Times names AA Thornton one of Europe’s leading Patent Law Firm’s 2020 We are delighted to have been named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms for 2020. We would like to thank our clients and peers who gave feedback in relation to our inclusion in this list. If you… Read more »
WTR Anti-counterfeiting: A Global Guide 2020
Anti-counterfeiting: A Global Guide 2020 This article first appeared in Anti-counterfeiting: A Global Guide 2020, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by Law Business Research – IP Division. To view the guide in full, please go to www.WorldTrademarkReview.com. For a further year, Senior Associates Louise Foster, Trade Mark Attorney and Varuni Parantivatine, Solicitor, have… Read more »
Videoconferencing tips for EPO success
AA Thornton Partner Mike Jennings shares his experience of videoconference oral proceedings The European Patent Office (EPO) has offered the possibility of oral proceedings by videoconference since 1998, and in recent years has significantly increased their videoconferencing capacity in all of Rijswijk, Munich and Berlin. This has become increasingly important in view of the… Read more »
Third judgment in Sky v SkyKick –
Louise Foster and Sarah Darby provide some take-away thoughts
Third judgment in Sky v SkyKick – Louise Foster and Sarah Darby provide some take-away thoughts Following the answers from the CJEU in its judgment of 29 January 2020 (C-371/18) to the five questions referred to it by the UK court concerning the Sky v SkyKick Case, there is now a third judgment in this… Category: News | Published: | Read more
The Court of Appeal in Mexichem confirms the utility of ‘Arrow’ declarations is highly fact specific
The Court of Appeal in Mexichem confirms the utility of ‘Arrow’ declarations is highly fact specific The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Mexichem UK Limited v Honeywell International Inc ([2019] EWHC 3377 (Pat)) reveals how difficult it may be to strike out a claim for an ‘Arrow’ declaration. But, it… Read more »
Diversification of transport technology backed by UK Government funding
Diversification of transport technology backed by UK Government funding In March 2020 the UK Government announced £36.7 million in funding for projects aimed at designing and developing cleaner and greener transport technology. £30 million of the fund will create four new regional centres of excellence based in Newport, Nottingham, Strathclyde and Sunderland with… Read more »
WORLD IP DAY 2020: “INNOVATE FOR A GREEN FUTURE” – THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT THE ROLE IP HAS PLAYED IN MAKING THEIR BUSINESS A SUCCESS
“INNOVATE FOR A GREEN FUTURE” – THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT THE ROLE IP HAS PLAYED IN MAKING THEIR BUSINESS A SUCCESS Every 26th April, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. WIPO’s 2020 campaign puts… Read more »
Returning to the Fold – the New Direction in Mobile Phone Designs
Returning to the Fold – the New Direction in Mobile Phone Designs Those of us familiar with mobile phones in the late 1990s and early 2000s will remember the popularity of so-called ‘clamshell’ or ‘flip’ phones – Motorola produced some iconic designs, from the 1996 StarTAC to the bestselling RAZR V3 introduced in 2004, and… Read more »
THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE SUSTAINABLE PATH
THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE SUSTAINABLE PATH Every 26th April, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. WIPO’s 2020 campaign puts innovation at the heart of efforts to create a green future…. Read more »
