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AI-Generated Inventions Need Human Ingenuity and Patents
Daily NewsFriday, 11 August 2023Daniel van Herck18 viewsBlueshift IP’s Robert Plotkin examines how AI inventions can be patented if they meet all the legal requirements for patentability. Read more at Bloomberg Law
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Apple's wild new patent could turn its AirPods into a health device
Daily NewsThursday, 03 August 2023Daniel van Herck98 viewsNew Apple patents crop up all the time, but one recent filing has received particular attention for what it could mean for the future of wearable tech in health tracking. A patent filed with the US Pa ...
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Early Adoption of the Unified Patent Court
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 July 2023Daniel van Herck31 viewsThe Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors on June 1, 2023. Nineteen actions were initiated during the first six weeks, across a range of subject areas and case values. Read more at JDSupra.
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New EPO Unitary Patent Dashboard Shows 5,000+ Requests Since Launch
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 July 2023Daniel van Herck1003 viewsThe European Patent Office (EPO) launched a dashboard on Unitary Patents, which will be updated daily and breaks down data on requests for Unitary Patents by technology field, country of origin, langu ...
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Google Ordered to Pay $338.7 Million in Landmark Chromecast Patent Case, US Jury Rules
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 July 2023Daniel van Herck34 viewsAccording to a recent verdict by a federal jury in Waco, Texas, Alphabet’s Google has been found guilty of infringing on the patent rights of software developer Touchstream Technologies. Read more at ...
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Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
Daily NewsMonday, 12 June 2023Daniel van Herck45 viewsA better patent system for Europe The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court are the building blocks which supplement and strengthen the existing centralised European patent granting system. The ...
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Demand for European patents has reached an all-time high
Daily NewsThursday, 04 May 2023Daniel van Herck177 viewsYann Ménière, EPO Chief Economist and Aidan Kendrick, EPO Chief Business Analyst, discuss the key patenting trends at the EPO in 2022. Increasing demand for European patents has been driven by compani ...
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EU tweaks draft patent rules making it easier for patent holders to sue
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 April 2023Daniel van Herck79 viewsThe European Comminssion has tweaked draft patent rules to make it easier for patent holders to sue companies over royalty disputes following criticism that an earlier draft favoured users while rest ...
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Hyundai and Kia files a patent application for manually controlling an autonomous vehicle with an Xbox controller
Daily NewsMonday, 24 April 2023Daniel van Herck325 viewsHyundai and Kia filed a patent application that describes an integrated control apparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle. The design for the new driving interface takes cues from the Xbox controlle ...
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BRUZZ: Brusselse e-fietsenmaker Cowboy beschuldigd van intellectuele diefstal.
Daily NewsMonday, 24 April 2023Daniel van Herck64 viewsDe Franse start-up eBikeLabs die software voor elektrische fietsen ontwikkelt, wil de fietsenfabrikant Cowboy voor de rechter slepen. In een interne mail wordt de Brusselse fietsenmaker beschuldigd va ...