Recital 19. 3 Draft SEP Regulation, Recital 15. 4 Draft SEP Regulation, Recital 19. 5 Draft SEP Regulation, Recital 31. 6 Draft SEP Regulation, Recital 11. 7 Draft SEP Regulation, Art. 30(3). 8 ...

Justice (“ECJ”) a request for an opinion on the compatibility of the current Draft Agreement aiming to create a Unified Patent Litigation System with the European treaties. The case was argued...

before the European Patent Office (EPO). The European patent with unitary effect is offered as an option, while applicants remain free to obtain a national patent or a European patent taking...

The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), under its President Dr. Jochen Pagenberg, has published a Resolution on the modified text of a Draft Agreement for a Unified Patent Court...

a Unified Patent Court, by way of a reference to the national laws of the Member States. Please see here the draft of new Article 5a, and here the amended Draft Agreement for a Unified Patent...

attempts by patent holders. A particular patent in a family may or may not be standard-essential, whereas other family members may be the opposite. Therefore, the register might include many pat...

nted inventions • Examples regarding patentable aspects of computer-implemented inventions based on the EPO’s recent case law • Tips and tricks for drafting patent applications for...

encountered in patent proceedings before the EPO. Some of them may lead to refusal or revocation if the underlying application was not carefully drafted. We will outline best practices for draft...

European Patent Court Agreement for March 8, 2011. See the Court's calendar here . The European Council had referred to the ECJ a request for an opinion on the compatibility of the current Draft...

could, for example, argue in a patent infringement case that the patent was granted in violation of the (EPC) patentability requirements and that the allegedly invalid patent would constitute an...

German Patent Law (parliamentary paper 19/25821) as amended by the Committee of Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (parliamentary paper 19/30498; “Patent Law Modernization Act” below). The Pa...

very clear, e.g., the centralized enforcement of patents. However, this comes at the price of the risk of centralized attacks against the validity of patents. If a patentee does not act, the new...

litigating patents, practitioners often experience that patent prosecution is rarely done with later litigation in mind. This can provide challenges - as well as opportunities - when enforcing p...

technology. The patentability of AI is a complex and evolving area of law. In particular, before the European Patent Office, there are a number of pitfalls to be aware of when drafting patent...

the patentability of AI are varied, complex, and constantly evolving. Especially when dealing with the European Patent Office, it is crucial to know and avoid various pitfalls when drafting pate...

contributes his expertise in handling all patent grant procedures to the existing prosecution practice of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, particularly with respect to patent drafting, prosecution, and...

Unitary Patent, and an international agreement between the cooperating Member States setting up a “Unified Patent Court for the settlement of disputes relating to European patents and European p...

June 27, 2011 the Council agreed on general approaches on two draft regulations implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of unitary patent protection ( 11328/11 ). The agreement follows two...