Tag: #CaseLaw

The European Patent Office’s (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal’s decision in G2/21 primarily relates to when data that only becomes…

What may have originally seemed to be the realms of science fiction is slowly becoming reality. This creates many problems,…

A peculiarity of patent prosecution at the EPO is that examiners typically insist on the description being amended into line…

In some fields – such as chemistry, biology and physics – results are not totally predictable. However, it can be…

Friday, 28 May 2021 saw a first in Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office with the live streaming of…

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) machines become ever more capable, the way in which they are treated by existing law is…

Lewis Hamilton has had a very successful 2020, recently matching Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven Formula 1 World Championships, making…

Background In the recent case Merck v Merck the High Court considered issues remitted by the Court of Appeal in…

Last year, we published an article on the role of Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) in the automotive industry. As discussed…

Background The Chinese Supreme People’s Court has issued a decision which brings to an end a four year long battle…

It is over ten years since software patents (a.k.a. computer-implemented inventions, or CIIs) were last discussed at the level of…

A new referral to the European Patent Office’s highest court, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has again raised questions…