G 2/21: questions on the correct plausibility standard referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
11 November 2021
We recently reported on the provisional referral of three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the Board of…
Progressing towards the start of the UPC (without the UK)
04 November 2021
At a meeting on 27 October 2021 the Unified Patent Court Preparatory Committee met in Luxembourg and reviewed progress and…
Artificial intelligence and IP: consultation on copyright and patent legislation
29 October 2021
The UK Government has launched a consultation on how the copyright and patent system should deal with artificial intelligence (AI)…
AI in drug discovery - technical and IP challenges
20 October 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not new concepts – they have been the subject of academic investigation…
UP & UPC: are you ready for the Unified Patent Court and unitary patent?
20 October 2021
Following countless number of false starts over the last few years, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and unitary patent (UP)…
FibroGen Ltd v Akebia Therapeutics - when are structurally- and functionally-defined claims excessively broad?
20 October 2021
The Court of Appeal recently clarified the steps for assessing whether claims defined both structurally and functionally are insufficient due…
Germany simplifies and modernises industrial property laws
20 October 2021
Germany offers an outstanding system for IP protection – its patent and trade mark office (the DPMA) is the largest…
Database management and information retrieval systems - has their time finally come?
20 October 2021
The realm of computer-implemented inventions is a challenging one, with traps and pitfalls for the unaware and unwary. The guidance…
T 1197/18: clarification of the video conferencing order issued on G 1/21
20 October 2021
T1197/18 provides some clarity on the scope of the term “impairing” in the order concerning video conferencing (ViCo) issued on…
Too much time for “live” - Facebook v Voxer IP: struggles with equivalence in a post-Actavis world
20 October 2021
In this recent case, Facebook’s live broadcast feature was found not to infringe Voxer’s patent related to exchanging messages in…
Slovenia has ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) on provisional application (PPA) and the UPC Agreement (UPCA)
18 October 2021
On 15 October 2021, the Slovenian Government deposited the instrument of ratification for the PPA and the UPCA.
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