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Global design registration protection: change is afoot, will the Hague design registration system adapt?
Recent months have seen considerable change in the context of design registration protection. This change has included the adoption of the Design Law Treaty, following the diplomatic conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and also the finalising of the new European Union Design Reform Legislation Package which is set to implement… -
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UPC recoverable costs: factors influencing the value of a revocation action
Recent orders of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Central Division (Paris Seat) indicate the factors a court may take into account when deciding upon the value of a revocation action (through the value of a patent to be revoked) and which band of recoverable… -
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UPC caseload insights and trends: November 2024
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) continues to publish its monthly case load analysis and it is clear that the court remains busy and continues to grow at a determined rate. This article provides insight on filing data and statistics from the UPC up to 30 November 2024. -
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UPC claim construction: recent approaches to claim interpretation
Recent first instance decisions at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) have seen Local Division and Central Division judges apply the Court of Appeal’s decisions on claim interpretation. This article compares the approaches taken in three of these decisions. -
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T1809/20: preferable patent language
In T1809/20 the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal revoked a patent for added matter because claim 1 of the main and sole auxiliary request comprised multiple selections at differing levels of disclosed “preference” without any pointer present in the application as filed for combining preferences of different levels. -
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CRISPR patents revoked: applicant associated with Nobel Prize winners voluntarily withdraws
The University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, applied for European patents relating to the use of CRISPR in eukaryotes. Patents EP2800811 and EP3401400 were initially maintained by the European Patent Office (EPO) at first instance in opposition. Both patents (which include Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier… -
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UPC preliminary measures: emerging trends
Preliminary measures, including injunctions and seizure of goods, covering all of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) participating member states are a powerful tool for patentees. As a counterbalance, potential infringers are permitted to file protective letters, which, whilst not eliminating the risk of a preliminary injunction, have the potential to… -
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T1941/21: a successful novelty sufficiency squeeze for a second medical use claim?
In recent decision T1941/21, the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal decided that a claim directed towards “substance A” for use in treating a disorder to lack novelty over a disclosure relating to “substance B + substance A” for use in treating the same disorder. -
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WIPO to mandate description usage for Hague design registrations, and puts a freeze on the 1960 Hague Act
For those planning on submitting a Hague design registration any time soon, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has updated its procedures which will take effect for any such registration applied for on, or after, 01 January 2025. This article provides a summary of the two main changes to take… -
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UK Supreme Court grants leave for landmark AI patent appeal
The UK Supreme Court has granted Emotional Perception AI Limited permission to appeal in a case that could fundamentally reshape how artificial intelligence patents are evaluated in the United Kingdom. The dispute centres on the company's attempt to patent an AI-powered media file recommendation engine that uses artificial neural network…
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