The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been challenged with a new referral (G2/21) concerning the admissibility of
There are many examples of technological revolutions that have failed to achieve commercial success. The IEEE’s Spectrum magazine recently focused on General Magic,
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has been grappling with the question of when videoconference oral proceedings
Hot on the heels of the UK Court of Appeal judgement in Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents (reported in our previous
The long running saga of the AI “DABUS” and its creator Dr Stephen Thaler reached yet another milestone this week with the
The Second Chamber of the General Court in Lego A/S v. EUIPO (Case T-515/19) have issued their decision to annul the decision
With no provision in the European Patent Convention (EPC) prohibiting double patenting, is the European Patent Office (EPO) nevertheless allowed to refuse
It is a well-known principle under UK patent law that any subject matter that the public can access without breaching a duty
The deadline for filing Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) applications based on EU Community Plant Variety Rights (CPVR) applications which were pending at
The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently undertaken revisions to its Guidelines for Examination. Included in the changes, due to come into
