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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Today, on 12 August 2026, much of western Europe and some of North America will experience at least a partial solar eclipse as the Moon transits between the Sun and the Earth.
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.
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.
InterDigital and Disney are in wide dispute over Disney’s alleged use of InterDigital’s video compression technology for their Disney+ streaming service. This particular case relates to one of four infringement actions brought by InterDigital against Disney at the UPC so far.
Head of AI Development and UK & European Patent Attorney at Dehns, Dr Coreena Brinck, explores how AI is transforming the value of medical data, and the effect it is having on Intellectual Property Strategy.
Through my career as an IP consultant, advising companies on how best to develop an IP strategy to create and grow value through IP assets, I have often seen software businesses relying on copyright for IP protection. Patents were often seen as too expensive and for hardware type business and not relevant to business innovating faster that than the time it takes to get a patent. Trade secret protection was usually seen as too bureaucratic and against the internal sharing culture encouraged within software companies. The tide may be turning.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Shorts International’s appeal against Google, confirming that YouTube Shorts does not infringe the SHORTSTV trade mark.
Phase 1 of the EU design reforms took place on 1 May 2025. Now it is time for phase 2.
One of the big changes that was brought in with phase 1 was the expansion of the definition of a design to include movement, transition and animation of features. Phase 2 now provides an updated framework for representing designs and it should make representing animations easier.
The oral proceedings were held for G 1/25 and now the patent profession awaits the decision.
For university spin-outs, a patent strategy is central to value creation, funding readiness and effective technology transfer. Yet many founders turn to public AI tools to summarise their inventions, sometimes even sharing confidential details in the hope of drafting patent claims, saving costs on professional advice or filling gaps they haven’t considered.
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