The Japan Patent Office (JPO) reportedly plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automate some tasks involved in the process of patent, trade mark and design applications. The JPO is set to apply AI technology from April 2018 to… Continue Reading →
Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application (app) created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown and developed by Snap Inc which was released in 2011 and mainly used by teens and young adults. One distinct feature… Continue Reading →
The trade mark application for IWATCH was submitted by a third party and assigned to Apple in 2015. Apple’s IWATCH trade mark was found to be invalid after the High Court’s verdict (initiated via an appeal by Apple) agreed with… Continue Reading →
The Ford Motor Company was recently granted a patent for an external roof rack-mounted airbag system to protect passengers in the event of a car rolling over in a road accident. The airbags would need to be stored inside the… Continue Reading →
Sportswear company Nike has a multitude of patents for shoes and clothing ranges but this latest granted patent covers denim and represents the first company’s first patent using this material. The title of the patent is for “architecturally reinforced denim.” … Continue Reading →
There are over 55 million active worldwide trade marks with 6 million trade mark applications filed in 2015. The volume of trade marks applications continues to rise with an average annual growth rate of 7% over the last two years. … Continue Reading →
Small US based brewery ‘Mooselick Brewery’ which opened in 2015 was recently forced to change its name to ‘Granite Roots Brewing’ after being accused of trade mark infringement by the much larger Canadian Brewery ‘Moosehead Brewing’ founded in 1867 over… Continue Reading →
Microsoft already has security through Windows 10 that allows users to log into devices with their face or their fingerprint. Microsoft now seems to be taking things further with its recently patented iris recognition technology that could potentially be implemented… Continue Reading →
Amazon was recently granted US patent 9,623,578 for on-demand apparel manufacturing’ which was originally filed in 2015. The patent reveals a new idea for cutting the cost of making clothes by using computer software to collect clothing orders worldwide and then… Continue Reading →
It is now generally accepted that intellectual property (IP) is valuable and important to the UK’s economic well-being with IP essential for innovation and growth. The UK government aims to make the UK the best place to innovate, patent new… Continue Reading →
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