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First UPC Preliminary Injunction Issued Ex Parte Despite Protective Brief
European Union, USA - August 7 2023 After an application was filed on June 22, 2023, the Local Division Düsseldorf (Germany) issued one of the Unified Patent Court‘s (UPC) first…
A US and EP Comparison on Added Subject Matter
European Union, USA - July 14 2023 Our recent webinar comparing US and EP approaches to added subject matter was well attended and the number of questions we received in the Q&A…
New Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G 1/23)
USA - July 6 2023 On the face of it, novelty should be straightforward to assess; either something was known on a particular date, or it wasn’t. However, this latest…
Third Central Division of the Unified Patent Court to Be Established in Milan
European Union, USA - July 3 2023 As reported earlier this year (see our blog post), it had long remained unclear where the third seat of the Central Division will be established…
Accelerating Prosecution at the EPO
European Union, USA - June 15 2023 The EPO’s annual report includes the average time of EPO examination proceedings. For the most recent report, 2021, this figure was 23.0 months…
UPC: “Human Necessities” heard in Paris, “Chemistry and Metallurgy” in Munich Central Division
United Kingdom, USA - May 16 2023 Shortly before its start, the Presidium of the UPC has decided to split the competences for the technical fields formerly envisioned for a London…
Unitary SPC in Sight - European Commission Published Legislation Proposal
European Union, USA - May 9 2023 On April 27, 2023, the European Commission (EU Commission) published its proposals for regulations on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)…
The UPC Has Published a Set of Templates for Its Orders and Decisions
European Union, USA - April 28 2023 The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has published a first set of four templates for the decisions and orders of the Court of First Instance to harmonize…
UPC Has Designated Its Presiding Judges
European Union, USA - April 26 2023 The Presidium of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has decided who will be the presiding judges of the Central, the Local and the Regional Divisions:…
The Implausibility of “Plausibility” as an Evidentiary Standard at the EPO
European Union, USA - March 24 2023 By James G. Bell Edited by Maeve O’Flynn; Victoria Randall, Ph.D. The much-anticipated decision in G2/21 issued from the Enlarged Board of Appeal…
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