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German Federal Court of Justice inches closer to EPO approach to novelty and applies EPO’s standard on priority claims from G1/22 and G2/22
In the landmark case "Sorafenib-Tosylat" decided 28 November 2023 (X ZR 83/21), the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) concurred with decisions...
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First Pan-European Preliminary Injunction Granted by the Unified Patent Court
The first inter partes preliminary injunction for a European Patent with unitary effect (“Unitary Patent”) was granted by the Unified Patent Court...
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Weshalb Konsistenz zwischen Beispielen und Ansprüchen zur Robustheit eines europäisches Patents gegen Angriffe beitragen kann
inwieweit kann eine Regel, die im Kontext eines Vergleichs zwischen Patent und Stand der Technik entwickelt wurde, auf einen Binnenvergleich zwischen...
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Practice Tips at the EPO Relating to Numerical Ranges in Examples and Claims
To what extent can a rule developed in the context of comparing numerical values of a patent claim and the numerical values of prior art be...
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Berggren Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions: Updates on partial priority law
This is the second article in our 2022 weekly series addressing updates to the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination. This week we...
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First come, first served: EUIPO launches limited SME fund for 2022
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the EU can now apply for the “Ideas Powered for business SME Fund”. The fund allows to partly...
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Germany: Liberalization of regulations for patent attorneys enters into force in August 2022
In the past, the possibilities with regard to corporate organization for German patent attorneys were very limited: If not practicing alone, German...
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