In a significant High Court decision in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, Albright IP has successfully defended its client, Liking Ltd, against copyright infringement claims brought by WaterRower (UK) Ltd ..read more

Chatbots have developed rapidly in recent years, and artificial intelligence seems set to cause disruption in many different sectors, including the legal sphere. But should you write something as serious as a patent specification using an AI chatbot ..read more

When it comes to protecting the intellectual property underlying green innovations, Marc Maidment (Director and Patent Attorney at Albright IP) takes a keen interest, and you should too if you are developing new and improved products or processes ..read more

Pokémon are back in the news, this time with an IP dispute ..read more

We have had quite a few enquiries recently from people who have just realised they’ve forgotten to renew their Trade Marks or registered designs. Why is this happening all of a sudden? In many cases the problem seems to be that records have not been properly updated after Brexit ..read more

Turning an idea into a real product and protecting the associated intellectual property (IP) is not cheap, so how can you make your desired outcome into reality? Let’s look at some options ..read more

A career in IP can be a varied and interesting vocation, and it can be a career pathway built from the ground up.  In fact, as Albright IP's patent paralegal Louisa Miller explains, the journey into IP can be both successful and rewarding, even if you started down a completely different route ..read more

On 19th July the Court of Appeal handed down their Judgment in Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v Emotional Perception AI Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 825. This is an interesting case about the patentability (or not) of an invention involving an artificial neural network ..read more

One company seeking clarity on this issue against our client Liking Limited is WaterRower Limited, maker of the water resistance rowing machine.  A well known product that you may have seen in your local gym, on TV or in a publication. First invented by Mr John Duke in the 1980s in the US, several patents were obtained for the rowing machine in question which have since expired. Furthermore, the WaterRower is no longer covered by design protection. In 1996, harmonising UK and European copyright protection, the length of copyright in the UK was extended to typically 70 years following the ..read more

With Jude Bellingham now officially the world’s best footballer by the only metric that matters, England go into Euro 2024 as arguably the favourites for the tournament. As ever, the nation’s hopes ride with the Three Lions, and absolutely nothing could possibly dampen football fever this summer.  Oh wait – I forgot about VAR.  For the uninitiated, VAR, or video assistant referee, is a match official in a football game who reviews the decisions of the on-field referee using video footage. Its implementation into elite football matches has been wildly successful. Given the success of ..read more