Digital health

Digital health is reshaping modern healthcare by enabling smarter prevention, diagnosis, and management of health conditions. With rapid advances in data-driven tools, personalised medicine, and software-based solutions, healthcare delivery is increasingly reliant on connected, intelligent systems that deliver the right care at the right time.

At HGF, we specialise in helping digital health innovators navigate the complex IP landscape that surrounds software and data-centric technologies and obtain valuable IP protection for their innovations. Our expertise spans key areas including:

  • AI-powered diagnostics and clinical decision support systems
  • Mobile and wearable health technologies
  • Digital therapeutics and remote care platforms
  • Clinical data interpretation and medical imaging enhancement

Whether you’re a startup launching a mobile health app or a multinational scaling a platform for AI-based diagnostics, protecting your innovation is essential. Our attorneys understand the nuanced patentability requirements and considerations for software and algorithms in different jurisdictions, ensuring your IP strategy is future-proof and commercially aligned.
HGF offer a holistic range of IP services tailored to your business goals and timelines. Our cross-sector teams combine deep legal knowledge with technical insight, ensuring your IP portfolio can withstand scrutiny, support partnerships, and attract funding.

With HGF, you benefit from a multidisciplinary approach that integrates life sciences, software, and regulatory knowledge. We build bespoke teams that speak your language—scientifically, technically, and commercially—providing strategic, pragmatic advice to keep you ahead in the fast-moving digital health space.

 

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PRESS RELEASE - Oliver Pooley joins HGF as a Partner 21st April 2026

HGF is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Pooley who will be joining the firm as a Partner on 21st April 2026. Oliver joins our Technology & Engineering Group …

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Event - 16th April 2026

MedTech Innovation Summit 2026

HGF Partner and Patent Attorney Adam Hines will be attending the MedTech Innovation Summit Dublin 2026, taking place from 28–30 April at The Shelbourne Hotel. As one of Europe’s premier …

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Fuelling IP: Will Oil and Gas Price Shocks Heat or Cool the Energy IP Landscape?

Explosive volatility in energy prices Recent developments in the Middle East have once again highlighted the fragility of global energy markets. Disruption to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and oil transit …

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Can simulations/modelling be patentable?

Simulations and modelling are core products across many industries, including energy, automotive, and AI. This drives a high volume of patent filings. However, their patentability is often unclear because Article …

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AI, Biotech and trade secrets

In this episode of HGF Presents, Amy Dawson and Jess Davis explore how artificial intelligence is opening new possibilities in the biotechnology sector and how trade secrets can be used …

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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 …

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European Drone Companies, Where are Your Patents?

With significant consolidations occurring in the drone and eVTOL sectors, some European companies look set to miss out through a failure of IP strategy. Innovations and technology often account for …

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A New Era for AI Patents in the UK: Supreme Court Aligns with the EPO

The UK Supreme Court has handed down its long-awaited judgment in Emotional Perception AI Limited (EPAI) vs Comptroller General of Patents, a decision which serves to significantly change the way …

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If you would like to discuss how HGF could help you, contact one of our digital health specialists.