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Overview of the revised EPO Guidelines for Examination
The latest version of the Guidelines for Examination by the European Patent Office came into force on 01 March 2021. Here we discuss the key changes. -
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UK R&D tax credit scheme consultation: have your say!
Building on a previous consultation relating to the R&D tax credit scheme last year, the UK Government has now released a second, wider-reaching, consultation on whether the tax relief available under the scheme is still fit for purpose in its current form. The consultation is open for comments until 02… -
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Using innovation in mitigation against the newly announced UK Corporation Tax rise to 25%
The UK Government has announced that for companies with profits exceeding £250,000 per year, the level of UK Corporation Tax in respect of these profits is set to rise, from the current amount of 19%, to 25% with effect from April 2023. Mindful of this, now is the perfect time… -
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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal issues decision G1/19 (simulations)
Hot off the press: The EPO has issued a decision on G1/19, which relates to the question of inventive step and simulations/simulators. -
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Registered designs in the UK/EU: focusing on just the shape? You might be missing out!
In the context of registered design protection in the UK and EU, quite rightly one of its primary uses is to better protect the shape of any new product which is planned to be released onto the market. However, noting the aesthetic appeal of any given product lies not just… -
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Is consent to oral proceedings as videoconference required from all parties?
In a new referral in T1807/15, the EPO Board of Appeal refers the following question the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision: “Is the conduct of oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference compatible with the right to oral proceedings as enshrined in Article 116(1) EPC if not all… -
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Decision on German ratification of the Unified Patent Court not before 2022
As will be recalled, following a request of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karslruhe, Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, waits with execution of the ratification bill of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). -
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EPO sets G1/21 ViCo oral proceedings for 28 May 2021
In T1807/15 for EP04758381.0 / EP1609239, the Technical Board of Appeal referred, in an interlocutory decision of 12 March 2021, the following question the Enlarged Board of Appeal: “Is the conduct of oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference compatible with the right to oral proceedings as enshrined in… -
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UK Government issues response to AI call for views
The UK Government has issued a response to a call for views recently conducted into artificial intelligence and the patent system. -
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MULTIBUS overtakes VWs MULTIVAN
This case is the first decision from the appointed person in 2021 and resulted in a rare success for an appellant.
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