Callum McGuinn - June 25, 2024 Battery Patents: Clearing the Way Speaking to Intercalation, Callum McGuinn explores what has been happening in battery patent ...
Anthony Judd - April 2, 2024 EPO related support measures for small entities – 1 April 2024 INTRODUCTION From 1 April 2024, the EPO are introducing a new fee reduction scheme specifically for ...
Rebecca Brooks - February 29, 2024 Updates to the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO The Guidelines for Examination at the EPO (which will be referred to as “the Guidelines” in this ...
Anthony Judd - February 6, 2024 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2024 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years, ...
Lucie Jones - December 18, 2023 The Ghosts of Paralegals Past, Present and Future Going back in time Let me take you back at the beginning of the century. Christmas 2001 is just ...
Lucy Coe - December 4, 2023 EPO will accelerate oppositions when there are parallel UPC infringement or revocation proceedings The EPO have announced in the November 2023 Official Journal that they will accelerate opposition ...
Sean Constable - November 30, 2023 Practical tips for EPO appeal proceedings under the new, stricter rules: 5 key takeaways from a recent EPO conference In 2020 the EPO revised the rules that govern the procedure at the EPO Boards of Appeal. As we ...
James Leach - November 16, 2023 IP Protection for software-based products- An Introduction for SMEs We are excited to launch our new software resource booklet — 'IP Protection for software-based ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 8, 2023 Validating European patents outside Europe - the Validation State system We are pleased to launch our latest report Validating European patents outside Europe - the ...
Simon Kremer - October 13, 2023 The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal decides how the EPO should assess entitlement to priority The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has now issued its long-awaited answers to the legal ...
James Leach - August 16, 2023 Quick guide to determining whether a software invention is patent eligible. In general, the main obstacle to obtaining patent protection for a new software invention is the ...
Simon Kremer - February 11, 2022 Two new referrals to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on entitlement to priority Legal context for the referrals Entitlement to priority may seem a relatively straightforward ...
