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G2/21: Enlarged Board of Appeal issues a communication ahead of appeal proceedings
In 2021 we reported on the referral of three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA), in G2/21. These questions related to the question of whether post-published data (data that was not available until after the filing date of a patent application) can be relied upon to demonstrate an… -
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Time to call ten days a day? EPO to scrap ten-day rule to reflect new digital age
CIPA has reported that the European Patent Office (EPO) has approved a proposal to scrap the ten-day rule – the regime for determining at what date documents are deemed notified for the purposes of calculating time limits. -
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Unified Patent Court (UPC) judges announced and UPC Presidium elected
On 19 October 2022, the Administrative Committee of the UPC announced the list of 85 UPC judges, comprising 34 legally qualified and 51 technically qualified judges from 13 of the 17 initial UPC contracting states. The list being the result of an extensive selection process concluded by the adoption, by… -
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Chinese patent rights: first CNIPA administrative adjudications on patent infringement
The “China Patent Law 2020” and “Measures for Administrative Adjudication of Major Patent Infringement Disputes” (the measures), both came into force on 01 June 2021. Under this new administrative patent enforcement route the China National Institute of Patent Administration (CNIPA) is empowered to hand down adjudications on patent infringement disputes. -
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G2/21: Enlarged Board of Appeal issues a communication ahead of appeal proceedings
In 2021 we reported on the referral of three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA), in G2/21. These questions related to the question of whether post-published data (data that was not available until after the filing date of a patent application) can be relied upon to demonstrate an… -
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EPO Guidelines for Examination: adaptation of the description to the claims
In March 2022 the European Patent Office (EPO) updated its Guidelines for Examination. This included additional detail relating to the requirement of adapting the description in line with amended claims. Of relevance to this is whether the European Patent Convention (EPC) provides legal basis for such a requirement, a topic… -
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Examination of AI inventions at the UKIPO: certainty at last?
In 2021 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) invited comments from industry and the legal profession on the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property. One particular theme that came out of the consultation is that respondents had a great desire for enhanced certainty in what AI inventions were… -
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Digital transformation of the EPO: legal changes and new online services
The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated moves towards digitalised working practices at the European Patent Office (EPO). Most prominent perhaps, at least to European patent attorneys, has been the adoption of oral proceedings by videoconference. -
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UK AI & IP consultation: analysis of the UK Government response
The UK Government has issued its response to a consultation recently conducted into artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP). The consultation explored three areas of patent and copyright law particularly relevant to the commercial exploitation of AI. Here we explore the response in detail, building on our earlier articles… -
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EPO searching national prior rights to assist applicants for the unitary patent
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that, from 01 September 2022, Examining Divisions will conduct systematic “top-up” searches for national prior rights and assess the prima facie relevance of such national prior rights for European patent applications. This service is free of charge to all applicants, and the results…
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