On 8 July 2020, the Court of Appeal issued its decision in the Emson v. Hozelock case ([2020] EWCA Civ 871). The
The thorny issue of the patentability (or otherwise) of inventions involving computer simulations at the EPO has been provided with an ending,
When does a technical product become eligible for copyright protection? This is the question the Court of Justice of the European Union
In the latest of a series of judgments concerning the interpretation of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation, the Court of Justice
On 3 April 2020, the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued a decision for Appeal T1749/14 against refusal
One of the changes to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) which came into force on 1 January
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO has confirmed in decision G3/19 that plants, plant material or animals exclusively obtained
Many designers rely on Unregistered Design Rights to protect their products in the UK and the EU. However, designers need to be
The European Patent Office (EPO) has published its latest statistics for European patent applications in 2019. In addition to overall surges in
In the latest instalment of a prolonged and litigious saga between Eli Lilly and Genentech, the UK High Court has ruled that,