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G 1/24: A win for claim interpretation, a setback for clarity discussions?

After more than 50 years of the EPC, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has finally provided…

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The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court – What applicants and patent proprietors need to know already now

What will change and what will be the timeline? Currently, it is expected that the first Unitary…

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User survey on the amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal by adding a new Article 15a (oral hearing as a video conference)

May oral proceedings before courts be held as pure video conferences, even in times outside of a…

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Amicus curiae brief concerning G 1/19 - Patentability of computer-implemented simulation methods - Underlying decision: T 489/14 (Pedestrian simulation/CONNOR)

The well-established “two hurdle approach” seems to be fully appropriate for assessing inventive…

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BARDEHLE PAGENBERG's Contribution to the Public Consultation: EPO Strategic Plan 2023

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG has taken the opportunity to participate in the EPO’s public consultation on the…

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EPO Board of Appeal 3.3.05 on the correct exercise of discretion by Opposition Divisions (decision of November 15, 2016 – case T 66/14 "Treatment of biological waste/FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT")

Late-filed documents, which are submitted to show the knowledge of the person skilled in the art,…

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