Talking IP: How to protect your intellectual property

This article summarises the 2024 AR2L autonomous vehicle motorsport race, and likens developments in AI self-driving technologies to the push for renewable and sustainable fuel/energy sources in motorsport (Formula 1, Formula E, Le Mans). Referencing technological developments such as hybrid engines, electric vehicles, hydrogen power and the R&D being conducted at manufacturers such as Tesla, Toyota and Williams Racing as example cases to indicate how sporting competition can drive innovation and safety for self-driving cars.

Alex Woolgar joins Mills & Reeve’s Oxford office to support innovative businesses in all stages of growth.

Acting in one of the last appeals to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in which UK representatives will appear, Mills & Reeve, instructed through Indian boutique IP firm, K&S Partners, have received a favourable Advocate General’s opinion prior to the CJEU’s decision. 

Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised university spinout and technology investor Northern Gritstone on two multi-million-pound investments.