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AI Meets IP: The patent challenge

This, the first of a series of articles looking at AI and IP, focuses on using patents and other IP rights to protect AI-related inventions and machine learning.

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Broad Institute wins CRISPR Appeal

This week saw the latest instalment in the now infamous multijurisdictional CRISPR patent war between two heavyweight academic institutions, the Broad Institute and the University of California - a win at the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for the Broad institute.

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Novelty of overlapping ranges before the UK Courts - Jushi v OCV

The use of numerical ranges in patent claims is common in many technological fields. The question of novelty of a numerical range over a range disclosed in the prior art is often faced and, in particular, the situation where ranges overlap.

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Computer says no - AI given powers in Australian draft IP legislation

We were very intrigued recently when our friend at the UKIPO, James Porter, alerted us to an interesting part of some draft legislation in Australia.

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Inventions that made the modern running shoe

With the London Marathon just around the corner, Gregory St Clair Jones and Nico Cousens take a look at some of the many inventions that have shaped the modern running shoe we know today.

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Strut of the drones: fireworks to fashion

Over the last few weeks drones have been swarming our headlines.

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The pharmacy exception: recent developments in the Netherlands

Following discussion and recent recommendations from the Dutch Parliament, the Dutch Minister of Health has started an investigation into the laws relating to patents and medicines. Read our article outlining the background to these recommendations, and what is likely to happen on this in coming months.

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Patenting the Machine – why there’s hope at the EPO for the future of AI-related inventions

Reconsideration of the application of the software patentability exclusion would seem to be a very important step if we are to encourage innovators in the field of developing better AI engines.

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IP Rights: Where Does the Internet Stop?

Gwilym Roberts gives his view of the recent Canadian case which raises a wide range of jurisdictional issues for IP and tech lawyers. IP is proving to be a valuable test-bed for resolving the rising tensions between the Internet and the law.

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