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March 2017

IBM Files Patent Application for Futuristic Drone Pet-sitter

IBM recently filed a patent application for a drone that can function as a mechanized pet-sitter to watch over dogs and cats when their owners are away at work.  The pet-sitter drone is similar to a standard drone but it… Continue Reading →

Bentley Motors Loses Invalidity Trade Mark Action against Bentley Clothing at UKIPO

British manufacturer & marketer of luxury cars Bentley Motors recently lost a trade mark invalidity action (filed in 2015) against UK based Bentley clothing company over the use of the “Bentley” trade mark on clothing lines. Bentley Motors (launched in… Continue Reading →

Disney’s Oscar Winning Film Zootopia Faces US Copyright Lawsuit

American film producer, director and animator Gary Goldman has filed a copyright lawsuit against Disney concerning their 3D film Zootopia which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and won Best Animated Feature Film at the 2017 Oscars. Gary who has over… Continue Reading →

WIPO Announced Record Number of International Patent Applications

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently announced a record number of international patent applications filed in 2016 at 233,000 patent applications filed, this represented a 7% increase from 2015.  The technology sectors responsible for the most worldwide patent applications… Continue Reading →

£270m Technology Commitment from UK Government in Spring Budget

The UK Government recently announced in the latest Spring budget that £270 million was to be allocated to launch an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.  The fund is expected to support R&D in universities and businesses resulting in innovation in the… Continue Reading →

Patent Lawsuits Increase by a Third in China

The total number of patents issued in 2016 in China increased 24% to over 1.2 million.  Patent lawsuits in China were recently reported to have increased by 37% to 28,916 in 2016 when compared with 2015 figures.  Patent lawsuits related… Continue Reading →

Patent Granted For Skeleton Imaging

ContextVision, a medical imaging software company, was recently granted a patent (originally filed in 2014) on new technology for showing the skeletons of unborn babies during pregnancy from 3D ultrasounds. The patented technology is based on visualization software and improves… Continue Reading →

Adidas Aggressively Defends 3 Stripes Trade Mark

Adidas, the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and which designs and manufactures shoes, clothing & accessories, has filed nearly 50 trade mark lawsuits against different organisations in the last five years. Adidas owns trade marks for a specific 3 stripe… Continue Reading →

Could the Next iPhone Contain Apple’s Patent for Smart Facial Detection?

Apple was recently awarded US patent No. 9,589,177 (filed in 2015) covering detection of human faces in digital video using depth map information.  Face detection is an integral first step in bio-recognition technologies.  You can read more about Apple’s latest… Continue Reading →

US Companies Granted Record Number of European Patents

The European Patent Office received 160,000 European patent applications in 2016.  The US, Germany, Japan, France and Switzerland were the top five countries of origin.  The US accounted for 25% of all applications filed with the EPO in 2016, making… Continue Reading →

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