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A change of emotional perception

A recent High Court appeal (Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch)) has up-ended the examination practice of ANNs in the UK.

News

EPO decision adds to sparse case law on core AI patents

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become ubiquitous, with rarely a day going by without an exciting new development or application. Together with the rise of AI and ML generally, the ...

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AI technology and patenting in the life sciences part 3: Innovations made using AI

Drug discovery and development is perhaps the most prominent area where AI can be used to make discoveries. This article explores the ramifications, if any, of using AI when seeking patent protection.

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AI technology and patenting in the life sciences part 2: When should AI-based life science innovation be patented?

Broad protection for AI-based life science inventions may be difficult to obtain and the pace of technological development can mean that a patented technology becomes obsolete early on in the life of ...

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AI technology and patenting in the life sciences part 1: Is AI-based life science innovation patentable?

AI technology has been around for about 80 years and has gone through several cycles of optimism followed by disillusionment. Yet recent years have seen unprecedent growth of this technology in terms ...

Food and Drink

AI in the kitchen: The future of food technology

The idea of robots in the kitchen once seemed like a strange and alien concept. Fast forward to today and AI is well on its way to making itself at home among our slow cookers and air fryers.

AI musings

AI and IP: Where are we headed? An industry perspective

In an insightful interview, AI Lead and Partner Alexander Korenberg sits down with computer scientist and fellow AI expert Anita Shaw to discuss patenting AI, the importance of data and the question o...

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AI in life sciences: Will AI make structural biologists redundant?

With the likes of AlphaFold at CASP14 in existence, could it be argued that protein crystallographers are effectively redundant? Find out what this will mean for the future of structural biologists.

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Destined for the digital scrap heap?

Machine learning in healthcare is an extremely hot topic, with the ability to accelerate innovation. However, a common problem for AI/ML approaches is the quality of data.