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Ocado signs deal in Poland as High Court patents hearing begins

Online grocery business Ocado has signed a deal with supermarket giant Auchan to build a warehouse in Poland to serve customers in the Warsaw region. The deal is the second signed with the retailer, having agreed to partner with Auchan in Spain last ...

15 Mar 2022 at 10:25

Charles to present Letters Patent making Southend a city

The Prince of Wales is to formally present Southend with the Letters Patent which grant it city status, on behalf of the Queen and following the death of MP Sir David Amess. Sir David, who had served as Conservative MP for Southend West since 1997, ...

01 Mar 2022 at 03:55

National News

Taoiseach confirms EU patent referendum is unlikely to go ahead in June

Taoiseach Simon Harris has confirmed the proposed EU patent referendum is unlikely to take place in June as had been planned. Previously, it was announced the referendum would take place on Friday, June 7 but a formal decision to hold it on that ...

13 Apr 2024 at 10:01

Rival Covid-19 jab developers face off in High Court patent trial

Rival developers of Covid-19 jabs have faced off at the High Court in London as a weeks-long trial over life-saving vaccine technology patents began. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and drug manufacturer BioNTech are locked in a legal dispute with ...

23 Apr 2024 at 13:27

Ireland

Referendum on EU patent court won’t be held in June, Government confirms

A referendum on joining an EU patent court will not be held in June as planned, the Government has confirmed. The Unified Patent Court aims to make it easier for businesses and inventors to copyright their ideas and inventions across the EU, ...

16 Apr 2024 at 18:16

Ireland

Martin says ‘we’re running out of time’ to run EU patent referendum in June

Tanaiste Micheal Martin did not refute suggestions that a referendum to approve Ireland’s participation in an EU patent court will not be held in June as planned. The Unified Patent Court aims to make it easier for businesses and inventors ...

12 Apr 2024 at 21:34

Motoring News

Car manufacturers file record number of patents for autonomous tech

Patents for the technology thought to be crucial to autonomous cars have jumped to a new record high, research suggests. Property law firm Mathys & Squire has found that patents for wireless communications technology filed by the top 20 ...

04 Jul 2022 at 10:26

Supreme Court considers whether AI can be named as inventor in patent dispute

The UK’s highest court is being asked to rule on whether an artificial intelligence (AI) can be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights. Technologist Dr Stephen Thaler is locked in a long-running dispute with the ...

02 Mar 2023 at 16:20

Covid-19 vaccine patent legal battle heading to Court of Appeal

A multimillion-pound legal battle between rival developers of Covid-19 jabs over vaccine technology patents is set to continue at the Court of Appeal. In July, a High Court judge delivered a mixed ruling in the long-running ...

25 Sept 2024 at 13:31

Judge gives split ruling in Covid-19 vaccine patent legal battle

A legal battle between rival developers of Covid-19 jabs over life-saving vaccine technology patents has produced a mixed ruling from a High Court judge. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and drug manufacturer BioNTech have been ...

02 Jul 2024 at 11:56

Meghan labels her old brand name American Riviera Orchard a ‘word salad’

The Duchess of Sussex has branded American Riviera Orchard, the former name of her lifestyle business, a “word salad”, adding: “I didn’t love that so much.” Meghan ran into trademark issues when the US Patent and ...

22 Apr 2025 at 10:54

Blind and deaf people face significant ‘barriers’ to access medicines – report

People who are deaf and blind face significant barriers when it comes to accessing medicines, according to a new report. Experts warned there are “serious gaps and deficiencies” in the way that deaf or blind ...

31 Mar 2025 at 08:53

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