The recent judgments by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v. Electrolux AB (C-339/22) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in FUJIFILM Corporation v. Kodak GmbH...
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SPC Manufacturing Waiver – An Overview
Dr. Julia Traumann HOT TOPIC: Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) Manufacturing Waiver pursuant to Article 5(2) b) of the Amended Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 concerning the Supplementary...
AI Regulations: prohibited practices and new regulations since February 2025
Chapters I and II of the AI Regulation came into force on February 2nd, 2025. In addition to Article 4, which obliges providers and operators of AI systems to ensure AI expertise, Article 5 of the...
New article in the IAM Guide to Life Sciences edition
In the latest issue of the IAM Guides to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executive 2024, an article by our patent specialists Dr. Markus Grammel (patent attorney and partner),...
Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller-General of Patents [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch)
Our UK Patent attorneys Dr. Jegannath Korukottu and Dr. Josephine Caneilles discuss the latest decision regarding Artificial Neural Networks (ANN).
Sequence listings filed with divisional applications: new EPO practice
Dr. Markus Grammel explains the new EPO practice regarding sequence listings that are filed with divisional applications.
Communication with the EPO via email
Dr. Sabine Koch analyses the latest developments and advantages and disadvantages of communicating with the European Patent Office (EPO) via email.
Prior publication of a Community Design within the 12-month grace period by the bulletin of an Office is an act of harmless disclosure under Art. 7(2) CDR
Rainer Bertram and Michael Döring take a look at the latest developments in the field of earlier publications of community designs.
A Picture can speak thousand words – can that picture also protect thousand – if not more – (unregistered) designs?
Dr. Jegannath Korukottu and Dr. Holger Gauss discuss the implications of the recent groundbreaking BGH ruling on Unregistered Community Design (UCD) rights.
„Fachmann“ vs. „Fachperson“ – Isn’t it time to use gender-neutral language?
Dr. Sabine Koch analyses the difference between the terms “Fachmann” and “Fachperson” and takes a look at the latest developments regarding these terms in German courts.
A new standard for sequence listings – WIPO Standard ST.26
A new global sequence listing standard of the World Intellectual Property Organization will come into force on 1 July 2022. Dr. Markus Grammel and Dr. Elena Biselli give a comprehensive overview of the new standard and highlight the aspects that applicants need to put into consideration.
Only human beings can be inventors: German Federal Patent Court agrees with international trend
In our recent blog post, we discussed the growing trend of AI-related patent applications. Now Dr. Martin Ahr and Dr. Josephine Caneilles take a look at the latest developments in the German Federal Patent Court on this topic.