Our partners and attorneys are highly qualified and highly experienced to advise you in all areas of Intellectual Property law. We advise start-ups, SMEs, and multinational corporations and ensure that your inventions, brands and designs are expertly protected.
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Our Electronics & Electrical Engineering extensive experience spans from consumer electronics products to nuclear energy generation, microelectronics and computer-implemented inventions.
Our Electronics & Electrical Engineering group includes attorneys with varied professional and academic backgrounds in this field. We enjoy a strong international reputation and our experience, gained at companies including EDF Energy and IBM, spans from consumer electronics products and electrical engineering to nuclear energy generation, transmission and distribution, microelectronics and computer-implemented inventions. We handle instrumentation for measuring electromagnetic wave propagation, optical transmission and absorption, paramagnetism, nuclear radiation and material properties.
Some of the technologies we have recently advised on include:
The UK High Court has overturned an earlier UKIPO refusal of a patent application for a trained Artificial Neural Network (ANN).This is encouraging for applicants who are investing in AI patenting in the UK. The UKIPO quickly confirmed that it is changing its examination practice to reflect the court’s judgement. The UKIPO’s earlier decision… Read more »
CLE paper for IPO Annual Meeting – The luxury of consistent treatment of computer-implemented inventions
