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For some time now, there have been 38 EPC member states. However, from 1 October 2022, Montenegro (ME) will become the 39th
Just as the days (in the UK at least) start getting shorter the UK government has published its response following the consultation
Whilst the dispute continues as to who (if any) among the Artificial Intelligence (AI) “DABUS” and its creator Dr Stephen Thaler can
A few months into the Provisional Application Phase, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is definitely gaining momentum. Judges are being interviewed and
Registered design protection is an effective way of protecting a product’s market share from similar looking competing products and obtaining registered designs
Assignment documents filed electronically may now be signed using ‘qualified electronic signatures’. Previously Previously, assignments, licences and other agreements for recordal were
The Provisional Application Phase (PAP) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has finally started! Austria deposited their ratification of the PAP-Protocol on
Ever since the Supreme Court shook up the patent landscape in the UK with their decision in Actavis v Eli Lilly there has
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,