EU Council Approves Modernised Design Protection Package & more… Keep up with what has been happening this week in our latest IP news round-up…

Penguin Random House underscores copyright protection in AI rebuff

The world’s biggest trade publisher has changed the wording on its copyright pages. This was in order to help protect authors’ intellectual property from being used to train large language models (LLMs) and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

Semiconductor patent applications up 22% globally to 81,000 a year

There has been a 22% increase in global semiconductor patents filed. This has risen from 66,416 in 2022/3* to 80,892 in 2023/4 (year-end March 31), shows new research by Mathys & Squire.

Mewburn Ellis ranked in Chambers & Partners 2025 legal guide

Mewburn Ellis have been ranked Band 1 (gold) in Chambers & Partners 2025 legal guide for Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys UK. 

EU Council Approves Modernised Design Protection Package

The Council of the European Union (EU) has given its final approval to a comprehensive package of measures designed to modernise and strengthen design protection in the EU.

Leading Firm Legal 500 ranking for “go-to practice” Beck Greener

Beck Greener have been ranked as a leading firm in the latest Legal 500 patent and trade mark UK rankings.