UP & UPC: start of the sunrise period delayed
05 December 2022
With only weeks to go before the foreseen start of the sunrise period on 01 January 2023, the Unified Patent…
R&D tax relief changes…out comes the spirit level!
24 November 2022
Following the recent budget from the UK Government, levelling changes are set to occur which will affect the R&D tax…
EPO and UPC sign data exchange agreement
23 November 2022
The Presidents of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC’s) Court of Appeal have signed an…
All EPO examination and opposition oral proceedings to be held by videoconference
23 November 2022
On the 22 November 2022, the EPO published a decision of the President of the EPO that all oral proceedings…
EPO searching national prior rights to assist applicants for the unitary patent
07 November 2022
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that, from 01 September 2022, Examining Divisions will conduct systematic “top-up” searches for…
UK AI & IP consultation: analysis of the UK Government response
24 October 2022
The UK Government has issued its response to a consultation recently conducted into artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP).…
UP & UPC: Rules of Procedure, implementation roadmap & new website launch
24 October 2022
On 06 October 2022, the Unified Patent Court preparatory team shared a UPC implementation roadmap (shown below). According to this…
Digital transformation of the EPO: legal changes and new online services
24 October 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated moves towards digitalised working practices at the European Patent Office (EPO). Most prominent perhaps,…
Examination of AI inventions at the UKIPO: certainty at last?
24 October 2022
In 2021 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) invited comments from industry and the legal profession on the relationship between…
EPO Guidelines for Examination: adaptation of the description to the claims
24 October 2022
In March 2022 the European Patent Office (EPO) updated its Guidelines for Examination. This included additional detail relating to the…
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