Laurence Loumes
EP and US patent offices expand their uses of e-signatures
The EPO and the USPTO have issued recent decisions to expand the use of e-signatures, including the (...)
Nadine Rocaboy
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #7 - Patent term: how to calculate the expiration date of an EP patent?
Patent term: how to calculate the expiration date of an EP patent? In most patent legislations, the (...)
Nadine Rocaboy
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #6
Claim fees: how to avoid their payment? When filing a patent application, most patent legislations (...)
Fabian Lieb
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #5
Focus: Claim requirements – Conforming a US-style claim set to EPO practice The EP standpoint The (...)
Charlotte Juteau
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #4
Focus: The divisional Application If you want to protect different aspects of an invention (...)
Charlotte Juteau
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #3
Focus: After filing – How my patent is granted at the EPO Now that I have filed my application at (...)
Charlotte Leleu
AI : UK High Court Decision Recognizes Technical Contribution of Trained ANN and Diverges From EPO’s Approach
In a decision issued on November 21, 2023, the UK High Court overturned a previous ruling by the UK (...)
Charlotte Juteau
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #2
Focus: Claim examination – My claim is rejected for lacking an inventive step My claim received (...)
Laurence Loumes
Obtaining an EP Patent - A crash course for the US applicant #1
Focus: Claim drafting – My claim is rejected for missing an essential element The EP standpoint A (...)
Laurence Loumes
Compulsory Licensing for Green Technologies: A realistic threat?
Introduction Climate change has emerged as a global crisis, with increasing reports of climate- (...)
Sandrine Bouvier-Ravon
Procédure devant la JUB : quel(s) traitement(s) pour les demandes de brevet ?
It has been a busy time for patent attorneys registered with the Unified Patent Court ("UPC"), (...)
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La Grande Chambre de recours de l’OEB a rendu sa décision très attendue G2/21 (« plausibilité »)
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal recently issued a G 2/21 "plausibility" decision regarding the (...)