Published: 2. Januar 2025 Europäischer KMU-Fonds für gewerbliche Schutzrechte geht in die nächste Runde 2025 Wenn Sie ein kleines oder mittleres Unternehmen („KMU“) mit Sitz in der EU sind und den Schutz Ihrer...
Published: 31. Dezember 2024 Is your Canadian Trade Mark in use? New pilot project started by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched a new pilot project to clean up the Canadian register...
Published: 13. Dezember 2024 UK Supreme Court set to rule on patentability of AI The UK Supreme Court has granted Emotional Perception AI permission to appeal a decision of the UK Court of...
Published: 19. November 2024 Supreme Court reaches decision in Sky v SkyKick case The long-awaited Supreme Court judgment of Sky v SkyKick was released on 13 November 2024. The decision addresses...
Published: 29. Oktober 2024 T56/21 – No legal basis for description adaptation at the EPO The EPO’s insistence that the description be amended to conform to the claims (“description adaptation”) before a European...
Published: 17. Oktober 2024 When is a second medical use claim not a second medical use claim? A recent decision by an EPO Board of Appeal provides guidance on drafting claims to the therapeutic use...
Published: 24. September 2024 G2/21: Life after the decision In G2/21, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) clarified when a technical effect can be used to support...
Published: 5. September 2024 T 2360/19 further confirms the EPO’s U-turn regarding the standard for assessing the legal right to claim priority In our previous article, we outlined how the Enlarged Board of Appeal decisions G1/22 and G/22 indicated that...
Published: 30. August 2024 The EPO relaxes the standard for assessing the legal right to claim priority At the end of 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) at the EPO issued its decision on...
Published: 29. August 2024 Potential for second medical use SPCs in the UK? The ability to obtain SPCs in Europe to extend patents for new therapeutic uses of known products, i.e....
Published: 16. August 2024 The bioeconomy: How innovation can lead to sustainability The UK and EU have committed to reaching net zero by 2050. Several initiatives have been established to...
Published: 13. August 2024 Dotplot’s innovative contribution to early breast cancer detection As many as one in eight women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. According to Cancer Research...
