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Noerr LLP | European Union, Global | 10 Apr 2019
Trademarks in the European Union
A structured guide to trademark laws in the European Union
Noerr LLP | European Union, Global | 10 Apr 2019
Trademark enforcement in the European Union
A structured guide to trademark enforcement laws in the European Union
CASALONGA | France, Global | 22 Jan 2019
Patent enforcement through the courts in France
A structured guide to enforcing patents through the courts in France
Bird & Bird | European Union | 1 Oct 2018
Does it sound right? The importance of phonetic similarity in the assessment of likelihood of confusion
On April 20, 2018, the European General Court ruled in Dimitrios Mitrakos v. the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Case T-1517)
Mitscherlich PartmbB | European Union | 29 Aug 2018
Checklist: Enablement Requirements for Parameter Patents at the EPO
Parameters, i.e. New medical values or ranges, are typical limiting features of claims. In the following guidance shall be given as how to avoid
Mitscherlich PartmbB | European Union | 23 Aug 2018
EPO’s BoAs Clarify Double Patenting Prohibition Doctrine and the Differences Between “The Matter for Which Protection is Sought” and “The Extent of the Protection Conferred by a European Patent”
In the decision T256311 the Boards of Appeal of the European patent had to deal with a divisional application
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP | USA, European Union | 25 Jul 2018
G118 - A New Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
In one of his last acts as President of the European Patent Office (EPO), Benoît Battistelli has referred a question to the Enlarged Board of
Marks & Clerk | European Union | 11 Jul 2018
Backlog battle
In our recent article we reviewed EPO Boards of Appeal’s 2017 Annual Report. The report discussed the Boards’ five-year objective to reduce the
Mitscherlich PartmbB | European Union | 9 Jul 2018
Office Practice - Enablement Requirment For EP Patents - What if the Claim Covers Non-Working Examples?
It is certainly a not so rare scenario that especially in life science or chemistry a broadly worded claim
Mitscherlich PartmbB | European Union | 2 Jul 2018
New Decisions of the Board of Appeal of the EPO with Regard to Inventive Step, Especially Selection of the Closest Prior Art
It is well known to the patent practitioner that the smart choice of the closest prior art has a big impact on the assessment of the presence of an
