Mark Marfe

Nov 19, 2024 | pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor |Aleesha Way |Alison Rankine

The court found Philips’ patent for wireless charging of portable electronic devices to be valid as granted and infringed by Belkin. Notably, a FRAND defence was not available to Belkin. The injunction granted covers several European countries including Germany, but carves out Belkin GmbH and Belkin Limited in Germany, as there is a contradicting legally binding national judgement already in place that involves both businesses.

May 3, 2023 | pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor

SEP holders that fail to register the patents they consider standard essential in a timely manner will not be able to claim damages or collect royalties on the SEPs for the duration of the delay. The competence centre would be responsible for undertaking essentiality checks on a sample of registered SEPs annually.

Mar 1, 2023 | pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor

Technologist and entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Thaler is seeking to seeking to patent inventions that he claims were derived from an AI machine called 'DABUS'. He believes the owner of AI systems should be the default owner of patents for inventions derived from those systems, and that it should be possible to name those AI systems as inventors on patent applications.

Feb 10, 2023 | pinsentmasons.com | James Talbot |Mark Marfe

Professor Winfried Hensinger of University of Sussex, who is also chief scientist and co-founder at Universal Quantum, said: “We knew a modular approach was key to make quantum computers powerful enough to solve step-changing industry problems.