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T 1197/18: clarification of the video conferencing order issued on G 1/21
T1197/18 provides some clarity on the scope of the term “impairing” in the order concerning video conferencing (ViCo) issued on G1/21 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal. -
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Too much time for live - Facebook v Voxer IP: struggles with equivalence in a post-Actavis world
In this recent case, Facebook’s live broadcast feature was found not to infringe Voxer’s patent related to exchanging messages in “live” and “time-shifted” communication modes. Specifically, it was deemed that a minimum 10-second delay between content being captured by one user and being viewed by another user was “just too… -
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Database management and information retrieval systems - has their time finally come?
The realm of computer-implemented inventions is a challenging one, with traps and pitfalls for the unaware and unwary. The guidance provided by the European Patent Office (EPO) to its examiners for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions provides valuable insight into how to navigate this troublesome area. -
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Germany simplifies and modernises industrial property laws
Germany offers an outstanding system for IP protection – its patent and trade mark office (the DPMA) is the largest national IP office in Europe and the fifth largest national patent office in the world. It is however over ten years since the last major reform of industrial property protection… -
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FibroGen Ltd v Akebia Therapeutics - when are structurally- and functionally-defined claims excessively broad?
The Court of Appeal recently clarified the steps for assessing whether claims defined both structurally and functionally are insufficient due to excessive claim breadth, under the UK Patents Act 1977. The case involved two FibroGen patent families relating to a class of compounds for use in treating two forms of… -
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AI in drug discovery - technical and IP challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not new concepts – they have been the subject of academic investigation for decades. However, real-world applications have had to wait longer for the availability of the computing power and rich data sets necessary to successfully implement such approaches. -
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Artificial intelligenceand IP: consultation on copyright and patent legislation
The UK Government has launched a consultation on how the copyright and patent system should deal with artificial intelligence (AI) today, 29 October 2021. -
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Coty v Amazon continues: latest decision highlights the right to inspection under German Trademark Law
The case between German perfume distributor Coty and e-commerce giant Amazon has gone into another round before the German Federal Supreme Court. -
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A little story about Easter bunnies: how EU and German courts have responded to Easter-related marks over the years
IP practitioners around the world have been following the many legal questions around Easter bunnies – ranging from the manifold aspects of 3D trademark protection and enforcement to the latest dispute over an alleged monopoly for the colour gold in relation to Lindt chocolate bunnies (the latter currently pending before… -
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German Supreme Court applies CJEU DOCERAM judgment for the first time
On 08 March 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its decision in DOCERAM v CeramTec (C-395/16), in which it defended design infringement claims on the grounds of the alleged technical features of a claimed registered Community design (RCD) and the technical features of the…
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