Patents supporting innovation: A Rolls-Royce case study

Everyone is on a journey towards net zero, yet our desire to travel by aeroplane is growing, so we need technology to deliver a solution....

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Why would the FMCG industry be opposed to criminal sanctions for UK UDR infringement?

The UK IPO has been consulting on possible changes to UK design law. One of those changes concerned the introduction of criminal sanctions for the...

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Changing tides on the DEI coastline 
(and why IP Inclusive matters more now than ever)

My heart sank when the anti-woke rhetoric began. Was this the end of the drive for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)? Was it to be...

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IP considerations for early stage biotech – Quell Therapeutics

In 2025 the award of the Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize went to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for the discovery of T...

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Who pays for the use of digital sequence information (DSI)?

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (to which the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is a supplementary agreement) provides for regular Conferences of...

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President’s Introduction

I feel honoured to be writing the introduction to the 2025 IP Federation Review as the current President of the IP Federation. The IP Federation...

Sarah Vaughan,
President, IP Federation

Championing Inclusion Amidst Change

2025 was a challenging year for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).  Nevertheless, the IP Federation remained a steadfast supporter of DEI initiatives, including IP Inclusive,...