As the 2025 UK Autumn Budget approaches with productivity and growth top of mind, a new survey finds that AI assisted research could unlock millions of R&D hours.

In Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49, the UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot be an ‘inventor’ for the purposes of UK patent law. The ruling concludes a ...

The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a ...

The UK Supreme Court today rejected a bid by computer scientist Stephen Thaler to patent several inventions churned out by an AI he claims to own. Thaler used his "creativity machine," known as DABUS, ...

In a landmark decision, the UK Supreme Court has ruled against naming artificial intelligence (AI) programs as inventors for patents, maintaining the laws on patents requiring an inventor to be a ...

After a year of generative AI taking the world by storm, it's clear artificial intelligence is here for good and will change the way we interact with technology. Just hours ago, I asked ChatGPT Plus ...

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In Human Genome Sciences v Eli Lilly, the UK's Supreme Court debated whether the UK has correctly followed European patent law on industrial application. The case involves a split between the England ...

In today’s innovation-led economy, businesses developing intellectual property (‘IP’) have a valuable opportunity to reduce ...

With just a week to go before a new tax break for patent owners comes into effect in the UK, data from the country’s IP office suggests it is having little effect on domestic patenting activity The ...