The IP profession can often prove to be stressful. Long days, complex legal issues, client-based challenges, and working to strict deadlines can often take its toll on the mental health of attorneys and support staff in this environment. At Wynne-Jones IP, we recognise that which is why we’ve branded 2024 our ‘Reset Year’ where our Charity and Social Committee have turned their intention to creating a working environment that makes wellbeing easy, encouraging physical health, good nutrition and mental wellness.
The 13th to the 19th May 2024 marks Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. The theme for this year is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health.” On their website, the Mental Health Foundation
Throughout history, we have witnessed periods of significant technological advancements that have revolutionised society. We are now in the age of information, biotechnology, and the renewable energy revolution. We are witnessing, and will continue to witness, massive leaps forward in technology bringing with them significant social and cultural changes. This is all happening at a speed never seen before.
Intellectual property professionals from across the continent came together in Faro, Portugal last week to share knowledge, know-how and best practice at the annual AIPEX CC meeting.
Throughout 2023, Wynne-Jones IP supported local charity, Cheltenham Open Door. Over the course of the year our active Charity & Social Team organised fundraising events and donation rallies to enable the small, independent charity to provide much needed support in the community.
We are delighted to announce a strategic partnership with CyNam to support and sponsor their mission to nurture cyber technology innovation in Gloucestershire.
ChatGPT is, undoubtedly, a remarkable tool that is revolutionising the way people work. But, like a lot of technology it has its pitfalls - we’ve all seen the headlines about bias, misinformation and students using it to generate work. We asked it what the top five questions people were asking about intellectual property in the UK, to provide the answers and then asked our expert IP attorneys what they thought.
The UK Government has recently announced a 10-year strategy and £1billion investment plan in the semiconductor industry. Reaction has been mixed: some have said that it’s a “starting gun on a bright future” while others say that it’s simply not enough. We talked to semiconductor experts Dr Ian Lambert and Dr Elliott Davies of Wynne-Jones IP to find out what semiconductors are and to get their thoughts on the announcement.