first time in the history of the UPC system ruled on the requirements for the finding of infringement of second medical use claims. The Court held that for a finding of infringement of second...

Designs Regulation ”) [1] and the text of “Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 23, 2024, on the legal protection of designs (recast)” (“ Designs...

freedom (Article 10 [2] CDR), (ii) the concept of the informed user and his level of attention (Article 10 [1] CDR), (iii) the scope of the General Court’s power of review (Article 61 [2] CDR),...

freedom (Article 10 [2] CDR), (ii) the concept of the informed user and his level of attention (Article 10 [1] CDR), (iii) the scope of the General Court’s power of review (Article 61 [2] CDR),...

and maintained the proper distribution of the burden of proof throughout the proceedings. 2. Assessment of evidence The Applicant challenged the Board’s evaluation of the evidence, pointing to...

remains pending until the expiry of the time limit of 2 months for filing the appeal. 5. One of the aims of the introduction of the time limits in 2010 was to prevent a misuse of divisional...

the level of renewal fees. For the latter, the EPO has revised its original proposal (SC/4/15 of March 3, 2015) and submitted a new document SC/18/15 of May 7, 2015 to the Select Committee of...

envisaged level of the renewal fees will only attract a small minority of users of the European patent system validating at present in a high number of participating member states. In respect of...

divisional applications. As of November 1, 2014, the situation will change due to an amendment of Rule 164 EPC. The full text of the amended rule can be found here . As a result of the change,...

publication of a technical brochure, non-patent, or patent literature) state of the art within the meaning of Article 54(2) EPC, irrespective of whether the composition or internal structure of...

, (i) a confidential assessment of the FRAND determination, (ii) a confidential summary of the main issues of disagreement and (iii) a methodology and an assessment of the FRAND determination 15...

Court of Justice of the European Union in the Mio and USM Haller / konektra cases (Joined Cases C-580/23 and C-795/23), related to questions of substantive EU copyright law with respect to works...

observed in the context of examination of the absolute grounds for refusal according to Article 7(1) of the EU Regulation No. 207/2009 (“EUTMR 2009”). It does not constitute an error of law if a...

manifest errors of assessment of the validity of such designs, the General Court exceeded the scope of Article 61 CDR. Furthermore, by considering that the expression of feelings of the...

Joinder of parties – Application of “GAT/LuK” and “Roche Nederland” (decision of July 12, 2012 – Case C-616/10, Solvay SA v Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe BV – “Solvay”) On July 12, 2012,...

expectations that they feel they’ve had a proper and fair and complete hearing. If you’re simply one of a number of blinking figures in a video chat, the whole idea that the judge listened...

managed? The relevance of trade secrets in the context of AI Are you interested in gaining the latest insights? Are you wondering whether your IP strategy is aligned with the requirements of...

business information relating to the scope of infringement. Defendants can use it to obtain licenses and/or opinions, risk assessments, or prior art in the possession of the patent holder. It...