Santen (C-673/18): CJEU takes a restrictive view on “first authorisation” for new therapeutic applications
14 August 2020
In July 2020, the CJEU handed down its eagerly anticipated decision concerning the question of whether applicants can be granted…
Coronavirus: IP offices in Europe – changed practice
30 July 2020
As a response to the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, intellectual property offices in Europe have implemented special measures to…
UK withdraws its ratification of the Unified Patent Court
21 July 2020
In a move which appears to run counter to the German Government’s intention to bring the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…
WIPO PROOF: a new tool to safeguard your IP
17 July 2020
On 27 May 2020 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a new digital notarisation tool which allows users to…
Goodbye Neurim: CJEU decides only the first authorisation will do for an SPC
09 July 2020
In an eagerly awaited decision (Santen, C-673/18), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today ruled that…
The space IP race: protection and enforcement of your orbiting assets
02 July 2020
At 3:22 pm on 30 May 2020, from the same Florida launchpad that once served the Apollo missions and the…
G 3/19: plants produced by essentially biological processes are excluded from patentability
29 June 2020
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has handed down its decision regarding the allowability of product and product-by-process claims in which…
Digital documents and signatures in European patent practice
29 June 2020
With large numbers of patent attorneys and clients working remotely across the globe, the ability to substitute handwritten signatures and…
Remote working: we’re EPO VICO ready!
29 June 2020
Building on our experience with video conference oral proceedings, we are able to confirm that following extensive testing with the…
Please specify me! CJEU tightens the net on SPC eligibility
29 June 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has once again tightened the criteria on what types of patents…
Unified Patent Court and unitary patent: end of the road or just another bump?
29 June 2020
At the end of March 2020, EPO President Campinos pronounced strong support for the statement by the German Minister of…
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