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World IP Day – IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to market

To celebrate World IP Day we’ve summarised a recent webinar we co-presented with Stratford IP  for the Canadian Trade Commission  staff on supporting their SME clients to
leverage IP to make better business decisions.

The webinar discussed the benefits of leveraging IP, and in particular patents, and looked at the pro’s and con’s of undertaking a patent search yourself versus instructing a professional search firm.  Read the full article World IP Day 2021 – IP and SMEs: Taking your ideas to market.

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Reviewing the Cannabis Landscape in North America

Last year Alec Griffiths an IP Manager at Patent Seekers, shared his research and insights on the changing landscape of Cannabis in North America.  A follow up article covering 2020-2021 will be with us shortly.  If you’d like an advanced copy please email marketing@patentseekers.com.

In the meantime why not check out the original article.  Cannabis – How the North American Patent Landscape is Changing. | Patent Seekers GB

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Championing Gender Diversity for Innovation

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2021, take time out to read Patent Analyst Clare Gibson’s thoughts on gender diversity in IP. Found in the latest issue of  The Women’s IP World Annual.

Clare has been a Patent Analyst at Patent Seekers since 2017. She has a degree in Physics from Cardiff University and works on the Physics and Mechanical Team carrying out a wide variety of searches for innovatiove companies worldwide.  In this article Clare discusses what gender diversity means to her.

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Opioid Addiction – A Patent Perspective part 2

In our latest article in the Global IP Matrix, Alec Griffiths, IP Manager at Patent Seekers, discusses part two of  ‘Opioid Addiction – A Patent Perspective’ and provides further in depth analysis on the opioid crisis focusing on the global distribution of patents and the activity surrounding some of the key assignees in the field.

Read the article here:The Global IP Matrix (pagesuite-professional.co.uk)

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AIPLA Virtual Mid-Winter Institute 2021

Attending the AIPLA Virtual Mid-Winter Institute February 1st to 5th 2021? Patent Seekers will be there to join the conversations, contribute to discussions and support your Intellectual Property search needs . Let us know if you’re attending, and look out for our exhibition space.

Sign up at https://aipla.org/mw21

Join the IP conversation.

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The Patent Development of Single Use Plastics

Food packaging has dominated headlines in recent years, largely due to the negative environmental impact of the production and waste of single-use plastics. With companies and governmentvowing to combat this it will be interesting to see if the patents within this field reflect the rhetoric, as well as looking where the industry is generally heading.

 

In the latest publication of Food & Drink Processing & Packaging  (page 68), Patent Seekers analyze the patents published within the last year to understand the industry direction. 

The patent development of single use plastics

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Transform Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence

It is clear that AI is transforming the world of medicine, yet innovation around the globe appears to be primarily concentrated in the US and China, the two economic powerhouses.

 

In the latest publication of Medical Device Developments  (page 27), Patent Seekers discusses the impact artificial intelligence has on Healthcare.

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Opioid Addiction – A Patent Persective

Opioid Addiction – A Patent Persective. Opioids are a broad class of drugs that interact with opioid receptors in your cells. In turn they can create sensations of pain relief and pleasure. Opioids carry the risk of changing the brain’s chemistry, leading to tolerance. Which could require a larger dosage to produce the same effect. Opioid addiction, characterised by an almost uncontrollable urge to use opioid drugs, can lead to life-endangering health problems. For example overdosing, which in turn may cause breathing to slow or stop, and ultimately, death.

The opioid addiction crisis is one of the foremost global health concerns of recent years.  It is largely believed to be a direct result of the overstatement of the benefits of opioids, coupled with underplaying the risks, by large pharmaceutical companies and advocates.

Check out the full article, written by Alec Griffiths IP Manager at Patent Seekers, in issue 8 of the Global IP Matrix  where he analyses the patent landscape surrounding the fight against the opioid crisis.

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