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Fuelling IP: Powering the Future: A Conversation with a Battery Technology Expert
Ceren Zor is a Senior Battery Scientist working for About:Energy, a battery modelling and simulation start-up. She describes herself as an electrochemist, battery materials scientist, and engineer. She has over …
Read articleIP Ingredients: Trade Mark Licensing in Food and Drink
Trade mark licensing allows a brand owner, the licensor, to grant a third party, the licensee, the right to use its intellectual property in exchange for royalty payments. In the …
Read articleAgritech Thymes: EU Adopts New NGT Regulation: Key IP Takeaways for the Agritech Sector
In a landmark moment for the European agritech sector, the EU Parliament has adopted new rules governing plants developed using New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). For developers, seed companies, and their …
Read articleFuelling IP: Sunny Spells for Solar Power Inventions
Amid mounting geopolitical turmoil straining fossil fuel supply chains, low carbon energy generation investment is high on the priority lists of policymakers in the UK and EU [1, 2]. Last …
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Fuelling IP: Green Branding and Trade Mark Risk in the Energy Transition
What do the trade marks GREEN STEAM[1], ECO FLOW[2] and [3] have in common? The answer is that they are all marks that have been refused by the EU Intellectual …
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Are Functional Foods ‘Therapeutic’? Insights from the EPO’s Latest Ruling
Abstract: EPO decision T 1396/23 confirms that functional foods can support medical‑use claims when their therapeutic effects are credible, data‑backed, and tied to recognised clinical outcomes. This provides some comfort to …
Read articleFuelling 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 …
Read articleFuelling IP: The “Charge” of the Century: How Battery Innovation Became the New Tech Race
As the world is reminded of the 1960s “space race” with the launch of Artemis II for humanity’s historic transit around the moon, it feels fitting that the European Patent …
Read articleAgritech Thymes: Rare UK Plant Variety Rights ruling provides guidance on the interpretation of “essentially derived varieties”
In this article, we examine a recent UK Plant Variety Right (PVR) case involving “Nadorcott” and “Tang Gold” mandarins. This judgement clarifies what constitutes an essentially derived variety (EDV) and …
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