IP Cases & Articles
Summary of the Supreme Court decision in Tesla v InterDigital & Avanci (UKSC/2025/0058/A)
The Supreme Court allowed Tesla’s appeal holding that Tesla’s implementer-led FRAND licensing claims against InterDigital and Avanci should be allowed to proceed in England and Wales. The case concerned Tesla’s wish to launch 5G-enabled vehicles in the UK and its…
The end of Aerotel: how will the UKIPO apply the Emotional Perception judgment?
The UK Supreme Court’s landmark 2026 judgment in Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller has fundamentally rewired the UK’s approach to computer-implemented inventions. By formally adopting the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal reasoning in G 1/19, and the…
Precision farming: the patents behind Clarkson's Farm
Season 5 of Clarkson’s Farm marks a highly technical pivot at Diddly Squat. Faced with the brutal realities of modern farming, Jeremy and Kaleb dive headfirst into precision farming, deploying an array of silent, autonomous, and data-driven implements across the…
Smart protection for smart wearables: practical patent claims for sportstech devices
When drafting a patent application, it is important to consider the breadth of the independent claims. While it can be tempting to have a broad claim 1 so as to cover as many products as possible, this can lead to…
Remote production of spare parts: copy-protection and other considerations
As additive manufacturing techniques evolve, the cost and performance of 3D printed parts have improved such that 3D printed spare parts are now a reality. Beyond manufacturing spare parts for legacy equipment, 3D printing can take manufacturing outside of centralised…
Data in space: the laws that apply when processed data returns to earth
The use of artificial intelligence is booming globally. With the rise of generative AI, artificial intelligence has evolved from specialised use in niche areas of technology to wide-spread, personal use for a range of applications. The generative AI platform ChatGPT…
Protecting bee populations with AI: recent inventions in the apiculture sector
Climate change is increasingly affecting the natural world; weather conditions are becoming more extreme, biodiversity has decreased, and the natural cycles of the planet are being disrupted. The agriculture industry is directly affected by these changing conditions, from issues with…
Computer-implemented inventions: UPC Court of Appeal endorses COMVIK approach
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has provided highly anticipated clarity on how it will assess inventive step for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs). In the recent decision Abbott v Sinocare (UPC_CoA_901/2025), the court explicitly endorsed the European Patent Office’s…
All due care: re-establishment of rights at the UPC
There have now been a number of cases heard before courts of the UPC concerning missed time limits and subsequent requests for re-establishment of rights.
UK FRAND decisions: pushing the boundaries (and finding them?)
Standard essential patents (SEPs) protect technologies required to implement technical standards. To ensure access, SEP holders declare to the standards setting body that they will license on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Determining those terms – often in global…
G1/24 and claim interpretation: consulting the description/drawings may broaden a claim
In this article, we discuss how the requirement to consult the description as required by G1/24 led to it being held in T439/22 and T1849/23 that a broader definition of a term in the description/drawings should be applied to the…
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