The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has reintroduced its IP Advance scheme which enables eligible start-ups and SMEs to receive funding for
Not quite eight months have gone by since, at a snap, the High Court judgement in favour of Emotional Perception AI Ltd
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A European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal has recently referred three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal to seek clarity
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In the highly competitive fashion industry, protecting the uniqueness of a fashion brand and its products from pressure and copycatting by competitors
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The importance of green technology to society has seen the implementation a number of fast-track patent programmes for green technology by patent
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