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PACTE law: a stronger French Patent Procedure
Newsletter January 2022
Laurence Loumes
pacte law
In 2019, a series of new laws came into force with the goal of strengthening the French economy. (...)
Need to adapt the description of a European Patent application… or not?
Newsletter January 2022
Bertrand Loisel
European patent
The end of a headache for applicants? In a decision T 1989/18 of December 16, 2021, the Board of (...)
Patent Term Extension in China is now possible for pharmaceutical patents
Newsletter January 2022
Isabelle Labarre
Patent Term Extension
On June 01, 2021, the fourth amendment of Patent Law in China entered into effect.  This amendment (...)
Right to patent in France - Non-employed inventors
Newsletter January 2022
Alexandre Decreton, Albert Hassine
Non-employed inventors
Two new articles of the French Law, in force since December 2021, provide the automatic devolution (...)
Patent eligibility for ArtificiaI Intelligence inventions in the United States
Newsletter September 2021
Patent eligibility
Artificial intelligence enables machines to learn from experience and mimic human behavior on (...)
The utility model, an alternative to the utility patent: focus on France
Laurence Loumes
certificat d’utilité
The French utility model “certificat d’utilité” (literally utility certificate) is a property title (...)
Yu / Apple: the long reaching effects of the Alice decision on patent eligibility in the USA
Article
Laurence Loumes
patent eligibility
The first hurdle to patent an invention in the USA is to pass the patent eligibility bar of 35 U.S. (...)
What do you need to know about China’s new patent law 2021?
Newsletter June 2021
Chinese patent law
China is one of the most dynamic and promising economies in the world. In order to meet the demands (...)
Artificial Intelligence and Drug Development from a patent perspective
Article
Denis Bourgarel
Artificial Intelligence and Drug Development
Artificial intelligence (AI), like any other previous General Purpose Technology, is pervasive, (...)
The French patent law reform – The patent office has got its hands full
Newsletter N°24 March 2021
The French patent law reform – The patent office has got its hands full
A few years ago, France passed a new bill, called “Loi PACTE”, which includes ambitious changes to (...)
New version of the EPO Guidelines and life on Mars
Newsletter N° 24 March 2020
New version of the EPO Guidelines and life on Mars
The new Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (EPO) entered into force on March (...)
Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program between JPO and INPI 
Newsletter March 2021
Albert Hassine
Patent Prosecution Highway
This article is also available in japanese.  The French Patent office (INPI) and the Japanese (...)