Oct 04, 2024 Gene Editing and EU Regulations – a patent attorney’s perspective By M&C Newsroom Gene editing in agriculture has made leaps over the past decade, from CRISPR breakthroughs to trials with GABA-enriched tomatoes and...
Sep 24, 2024 UPC Confirms Determination of Closest Prior Art to be Unnecessary By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In light of the UPC’s stated aim of concluding first instance proceedings within a year of their initiation, it comes as no surprise that...
Aug 30, 2024 Romania joins the UPC on 1 September 2024 By Thomas Prock As previously reported, Romania will join the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on 1 September 2024. As a consequence, the jurisdiction of the...
Aug 16, 2024 UPC follows EPO’s ‘rebuttable presumption’ of priority right By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury In 2023, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal issued the G1/22 and G2/22 decisions which decided that there is a ‘rebuttable presumption’...
May 07, 2024 Dusseldorf Local Division of the UPC confirms that there is no prosecution history estoppel in UPC proceedings By Thomas Prock Abigail Spreadbury Mike Gilbert The Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division confirmed that there is no prosecution history estoppel in proceedings in front of the UPC. This...
Mar 18, 2024 Unlocking UPC secrets: No standardisation of penalties for confidentiality breaches across local divisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Abigail Spreadbury On 30 January 2023, the Paris Local Division decided that it is not necessary to harmonise penalties for breach of confidentiality...
Feb 02, 2024 M&C in the news: UPC trends to watch out for By M&C Newsroom The establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) last year marked a significant milestone in European patent litigation and while the...
Nov 23, 2023 M&C in the news: The UPC is off to a ‘flying start’ but faces critical decision over transparency By M&C Newsroom It’s been nearly six months since the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors and, so far, it appears to be riding high. With more...
May 31, 2023 The Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent are (finally!) here By Thomas Prock After decades of planning and several abortive attempts, the Unified Patent Court (a pan-European court) and the Unitary Patent (a single...
May 26, 2023 The UPC sunrise period is ending in days - what steps need to be taken now? By Thomas Prock The UPC opt-out sunrise period ends on 31 May 2023 and on 1 June 2023 the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will finally open its doors. While...
Mar 01, 2023 UPC: sunrise period kick-off By Thomas Prock Today marks, the first step towards a new door opening in Europe for patentees - one that could potentially revolutionise the way we...
Jan 13, 2023 A change to the Rule 71(3) communication from the EPO By Thomas Storey A "prior national right" or "earlier national right" is a national patent or application which was filed before, but published after the...