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16 Oct 2017, 12:59 pm
Campinos to the exciting world of European Patents. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 5:21 am by Thorsten Bausch
Thorsten BauschThe European Patent Organisation consists of two organs: the European Patent Office and the Administrative Council. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 2:57 am by Miquel Montañá
Miquel MontañáFor many years, Spanish Courts have considered the “problem & solution approach” developed by the European Patent Office (“EPO”) to be a very useful tool for the purpose of trying to make an objective assessment of inventive activity. [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 7:59 pm
  Warwick Rothnie reports:"Jurgen Meier (moderator) outlined the theme of the session as looking at increasing questions from European Patent Office examiners beyond the traditional requirements of novelty and inventive step: whether an application for a life science patent is plausible or credible. [read post]
14 Oct 2017, 6:49 pm by Mark Summerfield
’  Similarly, the European Patent Office Guidelines for Examination, Part F, Chapter 4, Section 4.21, states that: ‘While in everyday language the word “comprise” may have both the meaning “include”, “contain” or “comprehend” and “consist of”, in drafting patent claims legal certainty normally requires it to be interpreted by the broader meaning “include”,… [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 9:57 am
Martin Chatel, Product & Quality Manager, Dennemeyer reviewed EPO’s validation agreements with a very interesting deep dive into the evolving patent/industry climate in Morocco.After lunch WIPO also fielded presentations on patents, copyright and trademarks. [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 3:02 am by Roel van Woudenberg
The applicants have appealed the Examining Division's decision, dispatched on 7 August 2012, to refuse European patent application No. 05 764 574.9.II. [read post]
12 Oct 2017, 3:15 am by Kluwer UPC News blogger
The press office of the ministry stated: ‘The Government deferred making a decision on the timing of the Unified Patent Court referendum which remains a commitment in the Programme for Government. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 3:16 pm
 Conference Report: Zurich IP Retreat 2017 - Patents and Hindsight (Part I and II)The first Zurich IP Retreat brought together opinion leaders in the law of innovation and technology from all over the world to discuss one of the fundamental problems in patent law: the need to assess the prior art, and most notably inventive step (non-obviousness), without hindsight and knowledge of the invention. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 11:23 am by Kluwer UPC News blogger
He is currently Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 8:39 am
In The Israel Supreme Court adopts the conceptual separability test of the US Copyright Office, rejecting the Star Athletica standard Kat friend Adar Bengom reports on the decision and the tests for copyrightability used. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 6:58 am by Chris Castle
For example: • Google was fined $500 million by the U.S. government for its role in the promotion of piracy through illegal online pharmacies; • In June of 2017, Google was hit with a $2.7 billion fine from the European Union for its anti-competitive conduct in skewing search results. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 11:00 pm by Afro-Buff
 Mr François-Régis Hannart, Principal Director for European and International Co-operation at the EPO, stated: “It is evident that the worldwide patent system is becoming more connected and integrated as a result of globalisation, and that Africa will play an important role in this system. [read post]
30 Sep 2017, 10:32 pm by Mark Summerfield
  Although the completeness of the WIPO summary is questionable – it does not, for example, include New Zealand, which has a pre-grant system similar to Australia’s – it is certainly true that none of the so-called ‘IP5’ offices (i.e. the European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, Korean Intellectual Property Office, State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China.… [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 3:35 am by Sander van Rijnswou
It's all about the right to be heard.In review case R 19/12 it was decided that an objection of suspected partiality against the chairman of a board of appeal may be based on his capacity as vice president. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 10:38 am by dawn
A recent ruling by the European Commission found that Apple used this tax haven structure in Ireland to pay a rate of just 0.005 percent on its European profits in 2014, and has required that the company pay $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 7:39 am
Stjerna has long been a vocal critic of the Unified Patent Court, and the complaint reflects some of his earlier criticisms.Brexit: European Commission publishes guiding principles on Intellectual PropertyThe European Commission has set out its principles for the political dialogue on intellectual property (and various other issues including the use of data) in the Brexit negotiations.Neptune’s kitchen designs infringed? [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 2:42 am
It is a tool developed by the European Patent Office to deal with its massive case load. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 1:36 am
Dieter Brändle, the first President of the Swiss Federal Patent Court who will retire at the end of 2017. [read post]
16 Sep 2017, 9:46 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Patent No. 5,820,904, and European Patent Application [*5] No. [read post]