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July 14, 2020

The CJEU Confirms that Copyright Can Cover Products Designed to Achieve a Technical Result

When does a technical product become eligible for copyright protection? This is the question the Court of Justice of the European Union

July 3, 2020

Criteria for basing SPCs on functional claims clarified by CJEU in Royalty Pharma

In the latest of a series of judgments concerning the interpretation of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation, the Court of Justice

June 17, 2020

Reaffirmation of the Allowability of Technical Implementations of Business Methods at the EPO

On 3 April 2020, the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued a decision for Appeal T1749/14 against refusal

June 10, 2020

Special reasons? Remittals from the EPO Boards of Appeal

One of the changes to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) which came into force on 1 January

June 4, 2020

The EPO rules that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not patentable

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO has confirmed in decision G3/19 that plants, plant material or animals exclusively obtained

March 18, 2020

Continued growth for UK filings at the EPO

The European Patent Office (EPO) has published its latest statistics for European patent applications in 2019. In addition to overall surges in

March 17, 2020

Reconsideration Of Claims Previously Held Invalid Barred

In the latest instalment of a prolonged and litigious saga between Eli Lilly and Genentech, the UK High Court has ruled that,

February 17, 2020

Description Amendments Required by the EPO

The EPO’s updated Guidelines for Examination for March 2021 introduces a significant change regarding amendments required to the description before a European

February 4, 2020

DABUS applications refused by the EPO

As was widely reported last year, a series of patent applications has been filed in the name of Dr Stephen Thaler, for

January 30, 2020

Draft of a new patent law in Germany

Although substantive law regarding the grant of patents is largely harmonized across Europe, post grant infringement and validity procedures differ from country