AA Thornton is ranked as a top tier firm The Legal 500 2020 edition has now been published and we are absolutely delighted to be recommended as a top-tier firm for our trade marks practice, which was described as “strong”, “dedicated” and an “excellent team of knowledgeable and genuinely good people”. We also remain highly recommended for our patents… Read more »
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East Anglia Business Magazine: The Importance of Intellectual Property
The Importance of Intellectual Property Associate Attorney, Christopher Burnett, recently wrote an article ‘The Importance of Intellectual Property’ for East Anglia in Business Magazine, and the full magazine can be read here.. Chris’s article identifies different IP rights, what they protect and how they are obtained in order to then commercialise them. Below is Chris’s… Read more »
Mike Jennings Chairs AI patenting panel at CIPA’s Computers and IP Conference
Patenting Artificial Intelligence – CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee Training CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee provided an excellent update on ‘Computers and IP’ on 22 November in London, including contributions from AA Thornton partner Mike Jennings who chaired a panel discussing patentability of artificial intelligence. The panel focussed on the many technical applications of machine learning and… Read more »
Mike Jennings attends EPO’s AI Conference
Commenting on the EPO’s AI discussions Partner Mike Jennings attended the EPO’s AI conference on 30 May, commenting: “The EPO deserves praise for investing in an excellent discussion with industry and members of the judiciary about the future for AI patenting. The 30 May 2018 conference was part of that discussion. The consultation provided a good… Read more »
Patenting computer-implemented inventions in the era of AI
Mike Jennings speaks at the London IP Summit on “Patenting computer-implemented inventions in the era of AI” Partner Mike Jennings spoke at the London IP Summit on the 16 October 2018 on the topic “Patenting computer-implemented inventions in the era of AI”. Mike spoke alongside representatives from IBM, Nokia, AT&T, ARM Holdings plc, NXP Semiconductors,… Read more »
Preparations for AI patenting in Europe
Preparations for AI patenting in Europe Patent Partner, Mike Jennings recently wrote a short article on Artificial Intelligence Patenting in Europe for Bio Science today magazine which discusses briefly the timelines of the patenting process and how current legislation has and will continue to change to keep up with the fast technological developments in the industry…. Read more »
Raytheon Company awarded milestone US Patent No.10,000,000
Raytheon Company awarded milestone US Patent No.10,000,000 On the 19th June 2018, the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) issued US. Patent No. 10,000,000. Since the USPTO was created in 1790, it has effectively taken 228 years for this milestone to have been reached. Although this patent is not the ten millionth patent to be… Read more »
IP helps Koenigsegg keep engine development ticking over
Picture from: http://www.freevalve.com/ Fuel efficiency and power have long been key areas of automotive development. Recently the high profile advances in this area have related to hybrid powertrains and a move to all electric vehicles. New developments in these areas regularly feature in new patent filing figures. A significant new development for a well-established technology like… Read more »
A picture of health – how Bosch is making Hospitals smarter
Engineering and electronics manufacturer Bosch recently set out details of how its products are helping hospitals to become ‘smarter’ in the way they provide their services and manage their valuable medical equipment [www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/bosch-is-making-hospitals-smart-128448.html]. A longstanding client of A.A. Thornton & Co., Bosch is a household name for consumers in the areas of power tools and… Read more »
Bosch transforMOTION showcases vision of the future
An exhibition by Bosch (in September 2017) demonstrated a variety of innovative solutions that use automated and connected technologies to address the issue of moving a rapidly increasing number of people around our cities safely and in a sustainable manner. Bosch Connected Car Taking centre stage in the event arena was the Bosch Connected Car… Read more »
