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ENERGY + IP
Mar 12 2026

New Blog Post - Fuelling IP: Five Common Mistakes Energy Innovators Make When Protecting Intellectual Property (IP)

How to avoid undervaluing, under protecting or overlooking critical innovation in the energy sector. Energy companies are being forced to innovate faster than ever, or risk missing out on massive opportunities presented by the energy transition. As the sector shifts toward low-carbon technologies, companies are delivering new solutions across everything from energy production, distribution and storage to decommissioning. However, due to eagerness to bring new technologies to market and gener...
John Johnston
John Johnston

Patent Director

New Blog Post - Fuelling IP: Five Common Mistakes Energy Innovators Make When Protecting Intellectual Property (IP)
FOOD & DRINK + IP
Mar 4 2026

IP Ingredients: The IP in Personalized nutrItion

Personalised nutrition is the provision of dietary advice which is tailored to a person based on their individual characteristics and lifestyle.  As analytical techniques become faster and cheaper, and AI tools more advanced, businesses are seeking to capitalize on heightened consumer awareness of the impact of diet on health as well as their desire for a personalized approach. Many companies rely on genetic testing, such as UK-based BioSynergy, which offers personalized dietary advice based ...
Jennifer Bailey
Jennifer Bailey

Partner & Patent Attorney

IP Ingredients: The IP in Personalized nutrItion
FOOD & DRINK + IP
Jan 21 2026

IP Ingredients: Winter Case Law Review 2025

A seasonal tasting of recent IP decisions across the UK and EU.  Including notes on what brand owners, creatives, R&D teams and food and drink businesses should take away. Patents Onego Bio / VTT v The Every Company / Clara Foods Co. The start of 2025 saw the long-awaited outcome of the opposition and appeal proceedings which reviewed the validity of Impossible Food’s European patent for meat substitute products.  As reported here, in order to establish sufficiency of disclosure, Impossible...
Jennifer Bailey
Tanya Waller

IP Ingredients: Winter Case Law Review 2025
AGRITECH + IP
Jan 20 2026

Agritech Thymes: Unlocking the Soil Microbiome: Driving Agritech Innovation in the UK

The UK offers an ideal platform for harnessing the untapped potential of soil and plant microorganisms. Although much of my professional experience has focused on the human microbiome, I have always had an interest in the soil and plant microbiome. What amazes me is the diversity of microorganisms present in the soil, which is surprisingly much higher than that of the human gut. Many of these microorganisms remain uncharacterised, and their potential for biotechnology and, more specifically, ag...
Agritech Thymes: Unlocking the Soil Microbiome: Driving Agritech Innovation in the UK
AGRITECH + IP
Dec 17 2025

EU Agrees on NGT Plant Regulation: What It Means for Patents and Licensing

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement for plants developed using New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) – below we summarise the main points and set out the requirements relating to patents and licensing. With the aim of enabling innovative plant breeding and to maintain Europe’s ability to be competitive in the International playing field, the proposal confirms that NGT-1 plants will undergo a verification process and, if they meet certain criteria, will be considered...
Punita Shah
Punita Shah

Partner & Patent Attorney

EU Agrees on NGT Plant Regulation: What It Means for Patents and Licensing
TECHKNOW
Nov 17 2025

Retailers liability and AI Applications

The question of whether the user (consumer) or the provider of an AI application is liable for the infringement of intellectual property rights as a result of the use of an artificial intelligence application is an interesting one and increasingly relevant to retailers as they roll out more and more AI applications. The recent Getty Images vs Stability AI decision of the 4th November 2025 has shed a bit more light on this thorny issue. Liability of intermediaries: an old story The question o...
Lee Curtis
Lee Curtis

Partner & Trade Mark Attorney

Retailers liability and AI Applications
AGRITECH + IP
Oct 23 2025

Agritech Thymes: The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case

Can the supply of a plant variety without clear and defined restrictions on its use be an implicit consent to commercialise it? This case centres on the evidence required to establish “serious doubts” regarding novelty of the well-known Cripps Pink (“Pink Lady”) and Cripps Red (“Sundowner”) apple varieties. As a reminder, novelty of a plant variety right is assessed using a test of “commercial novelty”, rather than a test of “absolute novelty” as used in patent law. The EU General Court de...
Punita Shah
Aron Ferenczi

Agritech Thymes: The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case
AGRITECH + IP
Oct 21 2025

The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case

A recent European Union court decision considers the issue of implied consent to commercialise a plant variety, and whether the evidence meets the threshold of “serious doubts” of the validity of the EU plant variety right. This decision highlights the steps breeders should take when distributing new varieties for field trials to avoid accidentally voiding their plant variety rights. Decision T‑159/24 comes after a long-standing dispute over apple tree varieties Cripps Pink and Cripps Red, w...
Aron Ferenczi
Aron Ferenczi

Trainee Patent Attorney

The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case
FOOD & DRINK + IP
Oct 1 2025

IP Ingredients: The companies making – and patenting - alt coffee

How do you like your coffee? Frothy or flat? Milky or black? Oat-milk or soy?  How about coffee which isn’t derived from coffee beans? Coffee is the second most traded commodity after oil. However, with rising coffee consumption comes more deforestation, greater use of pesticides, higher water consumption and reduced biodiversity. That’s why a number of start-ups are turning to beanless coffee as a sustainable solution to the caffeine-fuelled market. As in the alternative protein space, whic...
Jennifer Bailey
Jennifer Bailey

Partner & Patent Attorney

IP Ingredients: The companies making – and patenting - alt coffee