London Technology Week 2015

Free advice clinics during London Technology Week 2015

Following the success of our clinics in 2014, Slingsby Partners is again bringing its expertise to London Technology Week by offering free intellectual property advice clinics throughout the week. Members of our experienced team of patent attorneys are available for a one hour meeting to advise you on all aspects of intellectual property. Meetings will be free of charge and are available Monday 15th to Friday 19th June between 9am and 6pm.

Some of the areas we can advise you on include:

●  protecting your products, services and ideas using patents, designs and trademarks;

●  dealing with patent threats and the risks posed by your competitors’ IP;

●  using intellectual property to attract investment;

●  collaborating with others to develop your product.

Whether you are a start-up or an established company, we can guide you through the complexities of intellectual property with pragmatic and commercially-minded advice.

Technology Highlight Competition

We are this year offering to draft a patent application at no charge for the invention we consider to be the technology highlight of London Technology Week. This valuable prize will be awarded for the most exciting new invention we see in our clinics. To enter, simply register for one of our free meetings at the link below. The terms and conditions of the competition are available here.

To register for a free one hour advice meeting with one of our attorneys, please visit https://patent-advice.eventbrite.co.uk.

News & insights

EPO to prepare minutes of oral proceedings held by videoconference with the assistance of AI

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced in the April 2025 issue of the EPO Journal that from May 2025 a pilot will start for using artificial intelligence (AI) to draw up the minutes of oral proceedings. The pilot will apply to a limited number of oral proceedings held by videoconference before the examining and opposition divisions.

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EPO reaffirms stance towards using non-technical elements to assess the inventiveness of computer-implemented inventions (T 0279/21)

The Technical Board of Appeal of the EPO has issued a decision, T 0279/21, regarding the inventive step requirement in relation to computer-implemented inventions, and the importance of distinguishing between technical and non-technical contributions.

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Laos, the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), to become an EPO validation state

From 1 April 2025 it will be possible to validate European patent applications in Lao PDR. This will apply to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2025.

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