G 2/21: EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Rules on Admissibility of Post-Published Evidence in Support of Inventive Step
On 23 March 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued its decision on case G2/21 concerning the admissibility of post-published evidence/data submitted in support of inventive step.
Steven M. Zeman analyses the decision and sums up the most important findings.
Chapter in the new book "WINNING WITH IP: MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TODAY."
On October 31, the book "WINNING WITH IP: MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TODAY." was published. In it, Dr. Olivia Nemethova and Sebastian Ochs wrote a chapter on the connection between IoT and standard-essential patents (SEPs).
5 Considerations In Preparing For EU's New Patent System
Ever since the European Patent Convention was signed on Oct. 5, 1973, the long-term goal was to have one patent for all of Europe that can be enforced in one court. Almost 50 years later, Europe is now finally closer to that stage.
The unitary patent, which is one patent spanning many European countries that can be kept in force by paying a single...
In the third edition of The Media and Entertainment Law Review, Mark Peters gives a comprehensive overview of basic regulations and new legal requirements in Germany.
With the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31, 2020, existing EU-level IP rights such as trademarks and registered design rights will no longer be protected in the UK.
Update concerning the FRAND objection –
The Landgericht (District Court) of Düsseldorf presents questions concerning the basic prerequisites of the FRAND objection to the European Court of Justice
Does T 0866/01 (“Euthanasia Compositions”) of an Appeal Board of the EPO provide the Answers for the Enlarged Board of Appeal Case G2/06 (“Primate Embryonic Stem Cells”)?
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