IP News

October 21, 2022 Dr Jack Gunning

Unified Patent Court earmarks 1 April 2023 start date

Preparations for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are taking shape as the UPC Preparatory committee has indicated a target start …

October 14, 2022 Jack Dean

EPO announces end of the “10-day rule”

The Administrative Council of the EPO has decided to abolish the “10-day rule” from 1 November, 2023.

 At a meeting …

October 11, 2022 Dr Ryan Mitchell

Montenegro becomes the 39th member state of the European Patent Convention

Filing a European patent application allows an applicant to obtain patent protection in all member states of the European Patent …

September 14, 2022 Beth Campbell

T2759/17 – Closest prior art for assessing the inventive step of chemical inventions

Introduction

In decision T 2759/17 dated 7 October 2021, the Board of Appeal decided that, particularly in the field of …

September 13, 2022 Alexandra Wood

Description Amendments at the EPO – the plot thickens

The story started on 1 March 2021 when the EPO updated their Guidelines for Examination to significantly tighten the requirement …

August 26, 2022 Chris Bond

Plausibility: The need for data in pharmaceutical patent applications

In Sandoz Ltd v Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, the High Court found in its judgment that the use of …

August 26, 2022 Dr Ryan Mitchell

A Unitary SPC? Will the Unitary Patent pave the way for a centralised SPC system?

Preparations for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and European patent with Unitary effect (Unitary Patent (UP)) are nearing …