courts. Jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court over SPCs Under Art. 30 of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), the effect of a supplementary protection certificate equals that of a...

most recently as chairman of a Technical Board of Appeal in the field of life sciences and as a member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal. He is also a member of the team of authors of the...

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...

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...

office proceedings. In doing so, the Board of Appeal primarily confirmed the reasoning of the previous decision. The Board of Appeal upheld the finding that the sound sequence reproduced the...

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...

, (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...

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...

the purpose of R. 48 EPC as a whole is to prevent the publication of matter contrary to morality or public order. The purpose of R. 48(1)(c) EPC cannot be to keep a patent specification free of...

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...

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...