Global design registration protection: change is afoot, will the Hague design registration system adapt?

17 December 2024
Recent months have seen considerable change in the context of design registration protection. This change has included the adoption of…
William Burrell
William Burrell
Partner, Patent Attorney
Global design registration protection: change is afoot, will the Hague design registration system adapt?

UPC recoverable costs: factors influencing the value of a revocation action

10 December 2024
Recent orders of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Central Division (Paris Seat) indicate the…
Oliver Cartwright
Oliver Cartwright
Patent Attorney
UPC recoverable costs: factors influencing the value of a revocation action

UPC caseload insights and trends: November 2024

10 December 2024
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) continues to publish its monthly case load analysis and it is clear that the court…
Stephen Solomon
Stephen Solomon
Technical Assistant
UPC caseload insights and trends: November 2024

UPC claim construction: recent approaches to claim interpretation

10 December 2024
Recent first instance decisions at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) have seen Local Division and Central Division judges apply the…
Andrew Cockerell
Andrew Cockerell
Partner, Patent Attorney
UPC claim construction: recent approaches to claim interpretation

T1809/20: preferable patent language

10 December 2024
In T1809/20 the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal revoked a patent for added matter because claim 1 of…
Toby Willis
Toby Willis
Associate, Patent Attorney
T1809/20: preferable patent language

CRISPR patents revoked: applicant associated with Nobel Prize winners voluntarily withdraws

10 December 2024
The University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, applied for European patents relating to the use of…
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
CRISPR patents revoked: applicant associated with Nobel Prize winners voluntarily withdraws

UPC preliminary measures: emerging trends

10 December 2024
Preliminary measures, including injunctions and seizure of goods, covering all of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) participating member states are…
Stephanie Wroe
Stephanie Wroe
Associate, Patent Attorney
UPC preliminary measures: emerging trends

T1941/21: a successful novelty sufficiency squeeze for a second medical use claim?

10 December 2024
In recent decision T1941/21, the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal decided that a claim directed towards “substance A”…
Nathaniel Wand
Nathaniel Wand
Associate, Patent Attorney
T1941/21: a successful novelty sufficiency squeeze for a second medical use claim?

WIPO to mandate description usage for Hague design registrations, and puts a freeze on the 1960 Hague Act

09 December 2024
For those planning on submitting a Hague design registration any time soon, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has updated…
William Burrell
William Burrell
Partner, Patent Attorney
WIPO to mandate description usage for Hague design registrations, and puts a freeze on the 1960 Hague Act

UK Supreme Court grants leave for landmark AI patent appeal

05 December 2024
The UK Supreme Court has granted Emotional Perception AI Limited permission to appeal in a case that could fundamentally reshape…
Anton Baker
Anton Baker
Partner, Patent Attorney
UK Supreme Court grants leave for landmark AI patent appeal

UPC issues first decision on infringement by equivalence: Plant-e BV & Plant-e Knowledge BV v Arkyne Technologies SL

28 November 2024
In Plant-e BV & Plant-e Knowledge BV v Arkyne Technologies SL (UPC_CFI_239/2023), the Hague Local Division of the Unified Patent…
Leon Harrington
Leon Harrington
Patent Attorney
Chris Weekes
Chris Weekes
Technical Assistant
UPC issues first decision on infringement by equivalence: Plant-e BV & Plant-e Knowledge BV v Arkyne Technologies SL

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