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1 Feb 2012, 8:50 pm
For example, opposition proceedings are available to challenge the validity of patents recently issued by the European Patent Office. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 8:33 pm
Although the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent claims to such products generated by in vivo conversion of ingested drugs, and courts have noted the eligibility of such products as patentable subject matter, never has a United States court of final appeal upheld such a patent claim as valid, enforceable, and infringed. [read post]
7 Mar 2016, 1:55 am
David reports of the most relevant IP-related events in the UK and beyond.* AG Saugmandsgaard Øe says that failure to pay private copying levy is a tort (for the sake of establishing jurisdiction)Eleonora pens of the Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe in Austro-Mechana, C-572/14, a reference for a preliminary ruling regarding interpretation of the private copying exception within Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive.* EPO deal with… [read post]
18 Jul 2020, 3:34 am
Support Not surprisingly, the European Patent Office hopes the ratification procedure in Germany can be completed as soon as possible, despite the Brexit: “These economic benefits for European companies and especially SMEs will not be affected by the announcement of the United Kingdom, one of the signatory states to the UPCA, that it will withdraw from the European Union and no longer wants to participate in the Unitary Patent. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 12:58 am
Only then did the French Patent Office grant the new SPC to Novartis Pharma AG with decision of 4 June 2018. [read post]
25 Dec 2016, 4:08 am
The study builds on the report from the European Commission Expert Working Group on IP Valuation and Banking on IP. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 5:04 am
This extraordinary statement was posted by an anonymous commenter today at 11:32:00, referring to the string of comments received in the wake of the Communique issued this morning by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office, posted by this blogger and without comment here. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 12:55 pm
In case you have missed anything, my tiny paws have been busy summarising the last week's news.PatentsAn inventor must be a natural person, as stated by the European Patent Office, however Dr Matt Fisher argued that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be inventive too - enough so to warrant the recognition of AI inventors. [read post]
4 Jun 2010, 6:22 pm
Also pointed out in the Notice was that other major patent offices, such as the Japanese and European patent offices, have already adopted office-driven systems in which they address first the applications for which they are the office of first filing. [read post]
22 Dec 2019, 2:02 pm
Important questions also remain as to whether the AI can truly be said to have invented, and whether the whole debate is decades too premature.Ownership is what matters in European patent lawOne crucial issue of AI inventorship is how the applicant can be said to derive the right to a patent from the AI. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 5:12 am
Fortunately, both words have secondary meanings -- particularly within the context of the European Parliament. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 4:33 pm
By way of background, an SPC application (SE 1490041-9) filed by AstraZeneca for the combination of dapagliflozin + metformin was rejected by the Swedish Patent Office for lack of compliance with Article 3(c) in view of an earlier SPC (SE 1390017-0) granted for dapagliflozin alone on the basis of the same patent. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 9:02 am
Here it is, first as a PDF and then four images (click on them to enlarge), followed by a recap of the key events:Nokia-OPPO: The patent battlefield as of 02 Dec 22 (four pages)Page 1 (Germany):Page 2 (Europe apart from Germany):Page 3 (China):Page 4 (Rest of the World, i.e., anything other than Europe and China)):So the venues of this dispute include four infringement courts in Germany (plus the Federal Patent Court for validity challenges; it is not shown on the battlemap because… [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 7:30 am
(European Court upholds French full veil ban, BBC News Online, July 1, 2014). [read post]
21 Feb 2021, 12:15 pm
PatentsRose Hughes shared two pieces, discussing recent changes in the practice of the European Patent Office. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 3:58 am
Don’t be late with your China IP renewalsEvery so often one of our China IP lawyers will get an email from a foreign company (usually a North American or European or Australian company) whose China trademark registration (usually) or China design patent registration (sometimes) did not go as expected. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 3:18 am
When Sky v SkyKick leaves rightsholders in limbo | The Intellectual Property Owners Association | Report on IPO’s 2018 European Practice Committee Conference (1/2) | Book review: Propertizing European Copyright – History, Challenges and Opportunities | GDPR notification | Thursday Thingies | Around the IP Blogs.Never Too Late 194 [weeks ending 13th and 20th May] Important amendments under Mexican law regarding patents, utility models… [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 10:41 am
This Round Table is organised by UNION of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property. [read post]
24 May 2017, 10:40 am
In addition, it was not necessary to identify an “inventive concept” to distinguish patentable subject matter from unpatentable discoveries (para. 50, distinguishing German and European patent law from the US Supreme Court’s Mayo v. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 5:01 pm
An interpretation of the expression ‘pending European patent application’ is therefore necessary. [read post]
