Norway is a global leader in salmon farming and AI-enabled aquaculture, but Chinese organisations now dominate patent activity in the sector. This article explores how AI is transforming fish farming, the growing competitive and IP challenges facing Norwegian innovators, and the strategic steps businesses can take to protect their advantage in a rapidly evolving market.
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Many technologies have dual-use potential, having both civilian and defence or military applications. Technologies originally developed for civilian applications may be subsequently exploited for defence or military applications. Alternatively, technologies may be developed via a ‘dual use by design’ approach, integrating dual-use directly into their development.
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Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Alexandra Nott explores some of the reasons that trade mark protection remains crucial in today’s business environment.
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In this insight, Biotechnology partner Kit Wilkins reviews the US Supreme Court’s decision to Consider “Skinny Labels” in Generic Drug Patent Dispute. The decision could result in significant implications of generic medicines in the US.
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In this insight, Holly Rocliffe from Dehns Biotechnology group explores the recently handed down decision in Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v Sun Pharma ANZ Pty Ltd [2025] FCAFC 161[1], in which the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) has ruled that patent term extension (PTE) is only available for patents which claim an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).
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The first decision from the UPC on sufficiency — handed down in the Amgen v. Sanofi case — provides the first clear guidance on how the court will address whether a patent’s disclosure is sufficient.
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In this insight, Dehns Partner Rob Jackson and Conor Wilman from our Technology, Software and Engineering group explore the UPC’s Court of Appeal recent issues of two important decisions about how it will assess inventive step in patent cases.
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In this episode we’re joined by two senior members of the team at Oxford University Innovation, which is the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for the University of Oxford.
If you’re thinking about a career as a patent attorney, and want to know more about the profession, then this podcast is for you.
In this very special podcast, we take a look at the Life Sciences sector in Norway and how this is one of the country’s fastest growing sectors, with innovation, funding and IP being central to this growth.
In this podcast we look at Designs as an IP Right:
In this episode we look at what you should do if you think someone is infringing your patent by making, selling or using the technology that you’ve spent years, not to mention thousands of pounds, developing and protecting.
Are you ready to commercialise your invention? What do you know about other people’s patents? Do you have Freedom to Operate?
Having your own patent does not mean that you can ignore other people’s patents. Before you start commercialising your invention, it is prudent to do a Freedom to Operate (FTO) search to try to find any patents that are relevant to your product or process.
This webinar outlines the reasons for undertaking an FTO search and the 3 stages of the FTO search and analysis.
In this episode we look at what happens if someone accuses you of infringing their patent:
All these questions, and more, answered by Dehns Patent Attorney, Dr Mark Bell.
Hosted on 13 August 2020 by Chris Goddard, qualified European and UK patent attorney and a Partner at Dehns, this webinar is the second in a two part series on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).
SPCs provide a valuable extension to patent protection in Europe for pharmaceutical, veterinary and plant protection products.
Perhaps not the ideal way to see in the new year, but rumour has it that one employee of Bass Brewery spent the cold New Year’s Eve of 1875 queuing outside the then Patent Office.
If you don’t have Freedom to Operate, the consequences for your business could be significant. This podcast looks at: what freedom to operate is; when you should think about it; how to check whether you have freedom to operate and what could happen if you don’t have freedom to operate; how a patent attorney can help.
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