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IP-Fälle und Artikel
How to mitigate the risk of central revocation: want to avoid committing to a unitary patent? Here’s how to say “it’s not UPC, it’s me”
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) can be a valuable tool for patent proprietors. A shiny new unitary patent, unlike a classic European patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO), provides uniform protection rather than a collection of national patent…
Patenting trends in generative AI: LLMs, filings and the race for protection
Generative AI (GenAI) is an artificial intelligence technique used to create original content. It involves training a model on a very large dataset, which is then queried to generate new content by identifying patterns in the source material. Such models…
Space-based quantum key distribution: patenting secure communications
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is one of the most promising approaches to secure communications, providing assurance that no-one has been listening in. Fibre-optic cables are generally unsuited for QKD over long distances, however, satellite relay provides a potential solution and…
The threshold of synergy: when a combination becomes more than a mere aggregation before the UPC
Two recent decisions from the Unified Patent Court (UPC), Promosome v BioNTech/Pfizer and Maxell v Samsung, shed light on how the UPC evaluates the inventive step of claims containing multiple distinguishing features. While the UPC has not expressly adopted the…
UK High Court refines “product” meaning: distinction between a medicinal product and the “product” for SPC protection
Accord v Novartis provides important guidance on the distinction between the medicinal product that receives regulatory approval and the “product” for which supplementary protection certificate (SPC) protection is available before the UK Courts.
FAQs & Guides
Guide to the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
This guide sets out the essential elements of the UPC system. We have published a separate guide to the unitary patent. The Unified Patent Court represents the biggest change in the European patent landscape in more than 40 years.
Guide to the unitary patent (UP)
In this guide we explain the key points of the unitary patent. We have published a separate guide to the UPC. It is vital that users of the European patent system are aware of the opportunities and risks the new…