Norway is the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon, with sales of about 1.55M tons in 2024 from about 4,000 open sea cages. Norway is also a major producer and developer of fish feed for farmed Atlantic salmon. However, China is the world’s leading innovator of fish feed, with Chinese applicants filing 57% of related patent applications.
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Norway’s natural resources and mineral & ore processing capabilities are quasi-unique in Europe, providing critical and strategic raw materials essential for multiple industries. Security of supply and strategic autonomy of these materials are prioritized by government policy, ensuring supply chain and economic resilience in a geopolitically volatile and distorted global market. However, increasing global commodity competition and government regulation demand Norwegian companies to innovate continuously.
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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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We highlight an iconic global trade mark of African-American origin, dating from 1959, a time before US segregation was outlawed (1964) and before Black people were allowed to vote in the US (1965).
Andreas Senft and Marcus Grunert, Partners at Dehns, discuss the rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence affecting our daily life and profoundly changing most industry and technology sectors, including automotive.
The term intellectual property (IP) refers to a variety of different types of legal rights. It can be quite confusing for business owners to know what IP rights they have, or what rights they should be seeking.
The EPO is changing the way that the deadline for responding to a communication, such as an examination report, is calculated. The EPO’s “10-day postal rule” will not apply to communications issued from 1 November 2023, meaning that applicants will have a shorter period for responding to such communications.
Since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, major controversial changes have been implemented to the social media network and at the company itself, such as tweet viewing limits, purchasable blue ticks and mass staff lay-offs. Trade Mark Assistant Nikolle Medford discusses Musk’s latest announcement, Twitter’s re-brand to “X”, and the existing trade mark rights in the letter X.
For many of us, the metaverse may still be a rather vague and distant concept. However, for businesses the metaverse offers new and as yet unexplored commercial opportunities that should not be overlooked. This article explores the potential benefits of the metaverse (and Web 3.0 more generally) for businesses, and highlights some of the intellectual property considerations and risks that are associated with a move into this space.
As a diverse and inclusive workplace, we are extremely proud of the support and development we offer our female employees. Today we celebrate International Women in Engineering day so what better time to highlight the achievements of the women in our Engineering team by taking the time to find out what inspired them to pursue a career in engineering, what they enjoy most about their career and the exciting areas of technology that are peaking their interest at the moment.
We interviewed Harriet Bird, Technical Assistant in our Manchester office:
Each year, to mark International Women in Engineering Day, we like to find out what motivated women in our network to pursue an education or career in science, technology, engineering and maths. In this special episode of the IP Podcast, Sarah Richmond (Senior Associate) interviewed Jessica Gagen, Aerospace Engineering Graduate, model and the reigning Miss England, about her journey to studying engineering and the importance of the female role model.
Alexandra Nott, Associate in the Dehns Trade Marks Group, discusses the Framework Cooperation Agreement signed by the IOC and the WIPO to promote the importance of IP rights for the international sports community.
Daniel Sanz Sharley, Technical Assistant in the Dehns Chemical Group, discusses the use of videoconference (ViCo) in oral proceedings held before the Boards of Appeal.
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