Further to our previous article, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has just issued…
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Three years of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court; what do the statistics tell us?
Adoption of the UP (Unitary Patent) and UPC (Unified Patent Court) was initially cautious after their introduction in 2023, with…
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EPO and CNIPA announce Patent Prosecution Highway agreement
The European Patent Office (EPO) and China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) have announced a new Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)…
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UKIPO’s new approach to search and examination
The UKIPO has recently issued their long-awaited statutory guidance following the UK Supreme Court’s judgement in Emotional Perception. Our previous reporting…
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Abbott’s latest UPC victories demonstrate how patent enforcement continues to shape the CGM market
Over the first half of this year, Abbott Diabetes Care (Abbott) secured two wins at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…
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Preliminary opinion on description amendments issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G 1/25
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has now issued its preliminary opinion in G…
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The End of an Era-otel
The Supreme Court has handed down their judgment on Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and…
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UPC Court of Appeal adopts a ‘holistic’ approach to assessing inventive step in Amgen v Sanofi
In a significant judgment handed down in respect of Amgen’s European Patent EP3666797, which is a member of a patent…
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Stable Diffusion, unstable claims – AI copyright claims thrown out in the High Court
The High Court has now passed down its decision in Getty Images v Stability AI, a decision that will shape…
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Biological sequencing: how inaccurate sequences can lead to a sequence of unfortunate events
Sequences are standardised representations of biological sequences, typically nucleotide (DNA/RNA) or amino acid (protein) sequences, that are included in patent…
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No appeals without a party: EPO decides interveners cannot continue appeals alone
On 25 September 2025, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (‘EBoA’) issued its decision in case G 2/24, the third…
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AI tools may not always be correct or confidential, so don’t use it for legal advice on your IP
In the context of intellectual property (IP), a hidden and potentially costly issue with using AI tools is confidentiality. This…
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