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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.

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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).

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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...

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Media and Entertainment Law Review

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.

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Media and Entertainment Law Review

Mark Peters introduces the basic regulations in Germany in the second edition of the “Media and Entertainment Law Review”.

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IP & the UK’s exit from the EU

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.

A summary of what you need to know.

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The plausibility battleground at the EPO

Dr. Markus Grammel

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The CJEU installs another hurdle for SPCs on functionally defined products and ends second medical use SPCs

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Benjamin Quest

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Remdesivir und Corona: Zwangslizenz als Mittel zum Zweck?

Dr. Rainer Plaggenborg

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Media and Entertainment Law Review - Germany

Overview of basic regulations

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UPC – Ratification Process not affected by Brexit

Procedural Steps and Timing after a Dismissal of Germany’s Constitutional Complaint
Still more Constitutional Law than IP

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BREXIT

Impact on intellectual property rights – an update on the current situation Anja Franke, LL.M. (10.2017)

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Can diagnostic data be protected as “direct product” of a process?

Franz-Joseph Zimmer, Olivia Nemethova, Andreas Kayser

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Pay-for-delay: Play by the rules

Dr. Franz Zimmer und Dr. Bernd Allekotte

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Brexit Consequences for Patent Litigation

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Succession in title and priority entitlement in the European Patent Office

Steven M. Zeman, Ph.D

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Devising an international patent litigation strategy

Dr. Bernd Allekotte, LL.M.

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Pressemeldung Auto-Patentindex 2015

Jens C. Koch

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FRAND-RULES CLEARER AFTER CJEU RULED ON HUAWEI V. ZTE

Dr. Bernd Allekotte, LL.M. and Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder, LL.M.

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PLANT PATENTS IN EUROPE

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Markus Grammel

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IAM Yearbook 2015

Dr. Bernd Allekotte, Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Advocate General of the CJEU: Stem cells from parthenotes are patentable

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer, Dr. Markus Grammel

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Recent Decisions of the European Court of Justice of the European Union on SPCs: A few Answers – Many Questions

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer, Dr. Benjamin Quest, Dr. Markus Grammel

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It has been a year since the referral to the CJEU re. FRAND terms by the District Court Düsseldorf - what has happened in the meantime?

Sebastian Ochs

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Informationen für Markeninhaber zum Schutz ihrer Marken im Zuge der Einführung der neuen Top Level Domainnamen (gTLD)

Anja Franke

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FRAND-based litigation and competition issues in Europe

Bernd Allekotte

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Red Soles Aren’t Made for Walking: A Comparative Study of European Fashion Laws

Holger Gauss, Boriana Guimberteau, Simon Bennett, Lorenzo Litta

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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

Sebastian Ochs

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EU Commission makes a statement on the FRAND objection

Sebastian Ochs

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After 30 years: Finally true unitary European patent

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Patents and Standards: Recent Developments in Germany

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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When is a process for the production of plants “essentially biological”? Decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G1/08 and G2/07)

Dr. Benjamin Quest und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decides on dosage regimens (G2/08) and treatment by surgery (G1/07)

Dr. Benjamin Quest und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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Will the European Patent Court ever become reality? 

Dr. Bernd Allekotte und Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Enhanced Patent System in Europe 

Dr. Karsten Brandt

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Enforcing Patents in Germany

Dr. Bernd Allekotte und Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Die große Beschwerdekammer des EPA entscheidet über chirurgische Verfahren G 1/07, Treatment by surgery / MEDI-PHYSICS

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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When Patents Become Standard: Litigation for ‘Essential’ Patents

Dr. Bernd Allekotte und Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Enforcing IP Rights in the EU

Dr. Bernd Allekotte

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Patentees beware German antitrust rules

Gerhard Barth

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The EPO’s Decision G 2/06 on the Patentability of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Sounding the Bell for the Next Round?

Dr. Rainer Plaggenborg und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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Cross-border: Europe - Implementation of the EU IP Rights Enforcement Directive

Dr. Bernd Allekotte und Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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The London Agreement – Implementation in Germany

The Olanzapine Patent Dispute: German court grants a preliminary injunction on a patent invalidated by the first instance Federal Patent Court

Gerhard Barth und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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Chemical Selection Inventions in the EPO and in Germany: Continued Divergence in Legal Interpretation

Dr. Steven Zeman und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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The ever-expanding extraterritorial reach of patents

Dr. Bernd Allekotte

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Community Design Applications under the Hague Agreement

Rainer Bertram

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Navigating the European litigation maze

Dr. Bernd Allekotte and Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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Applicant-friendliness of the EPO for second medical use claims: A mixed blessing

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Steven Zeman

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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”)?

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Georg Seisenberger

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The Enforceability of Medical Use Claims in Germany

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Steven M. Zeman

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Questions and Answers relating to Divisional Applications at the EPO

Dr. Klara Goldbach und Dr. Christoph Latzel

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Patentability of Diagnostic Methods under the EPC: A new Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the President of the EPO

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Ulrike Langheinrich

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Act implementing the Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions in Germany (BioPatG)

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Svenja Sethmann

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Markenbewertung und Markenverwertung

Wolfgang Repenn und Dr. Gabriele Weidenhiller, 2. Auflage, C.H. Beck

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What makes a Co-Worker a Co-Inventor?

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Svenja Sethmann

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Patentability of Diagnostic Methods Under the Most Recent Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/04PDF

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Qi Wang

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Patentability of Diagnostic Methods Under the Most Recent Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/04PDF

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Qi Wang

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New Rules on Technology Licensing

Dr. Bernd Allekotte

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Community Designs - Infringement and Invalidity Decisions

Rainer Bertram

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Restoration of Disclaimer Practice at the EPO

Dr. Klara Goldbach

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The Immoral Gene: Does it really exist?

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Svenja Sethmann

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Decisive Steps Towards The Community Patent

Gerhard Barth

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Patenting of Stem Cells and Processes involving Stem Cells according to the Rules of the European Patent Conventio

Dr. Heike Vogelsang-Wenke

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Registered and Unregistered European Community Designs

Rainer Bertram

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Practical Aspects of Registered European Community Designs

Rainer Bertram

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Recent Case Law of the EPO regarding Software/Business method-related Inventions

Reinhard Knauer

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Patentability of stem cells in view of the European group of Ethics

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer and Dr. Georg Seisenberger

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Design Protection in the European Union

Recent Developments und FAQs

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Standard for Valid Priority Claim Defined by EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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Time frame for costs of patent ligitation in Germany

Gerhard Barth

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Method of Treatment Inventions under the EPC: What kind of Protection can you get?

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer und Dr. Thomas Friede

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Are business methods patentable in Europe?

Reinhard Knauer

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Parallel Import subject to Customs Seizure

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder

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New Rules of the European Patent Office for Biotechnological Inventions

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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Are Expressed Sequence Tags Patentable under the European Patent Convention?

Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

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The Protection of Technical Innovations and Designs in Germany

Dr. Wilfried Stockmair und Gottfried Klitzsch

2nd edition, C.H. Beck

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Outline of the Preliminary Injunction Procedure in Intellectual Property Matters in GermanyPDF

Dr. Hermann Kinkeldey

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German Regulations on Industrial Products

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder, Wiley VCH

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Protection of Biotechnological Matter under European and German Law

Dr. Klara Goldbach, Dr. Heike Vogelsang-Wenke und Dr. Franz-Josef Zimmer

Wiley VCH

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German national trademark law and the Community trademark law

Martin Aufenanger und Gerhard Barth

2nd edition, Wiley VCH

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