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
The new Unified Patent Court (UPC) is expected to open its doors in late 2022 or early 2023. The UPC will be
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has been grappling with the question of when videoconference oral proceedings
Hot on the heels of the UK Court of Appeal judgement in Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents (reported in our previous
The European Unitary Patent is slowly entering the home straight. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany rejected the constitutional complaint against the
The long running saga of the AI “DABUS” and its creator Dr Stephen Thaler reached yet another milestone this week with the
The Second Chamber of the General Court in Lego A/S v. EUIPO (Case T-515/19) have issued their decision to annul the decision
With no provision in the European Patent Convention (EPC) prohibiting double patenting, is the European Patent Office (EPO) nevertheless allowed to refuse
It is a well-known principle under UK patent law that any subject matter that the public can access without breaching a duty