The Practice Note simply says Examiners should not object to inventions involving ANNs under the "program for a computer" exclusion.

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened for business on 1 June 2023 and, as expected, a number of actions (14 in fact) were filed that day, with two the following day and four more since then.

In its judgment of 12 November 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal overturned a decision of the local division in Helsinki of 20 October 2023, in which the local division had denied the jurisdiction of the UPC due to an allegedly ineffective withdrawal of an opt-out of the patent in suit.

On the question of whether Facebook has violated the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by processing and transferring data to the USA.

Sometimes the local patent is called a confirmation patent or a patent of importation.

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened for business in June 2023 and we are in a transition period lasting until 2030, when national courts and the UPC can have jurisdiction over European patents granted...

Collaborations between universities and startups are a key component for innovation and economic growth.

It is very hard to predict, especially the future. The adage, sometimes attributed to Niels Bohr, is always worth bearing in mind when forecasting the uptake of new technologies.

Patent monitoring, also known as patent surveillance or patent watch, is the systematic tracking and analysis of newly published patents and patent applications.

The Unitary Patent is coming soon. It represents the biggest development in European patent law since the European Patent started in 1978.

Medicinal products can be protected but not only by patents. In the case of diseases for a small number of patients (rare diseases), protection as so-called "orphan drugs" is also possible.

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has found the fictional dragon which appeared in a John Lewis Christmas advert and in a spin-off illustrated children's book entitled...

This High Court case concerned Voxer's European Patent No. 2393259 entitled Telecommunication and Multimedia Management Method and Apparatus.

The ruling, which is of interest to trademark owners, is likely the first decision on the liability of search engines as intermediaries under the Digital Services Act.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has this week published new Guidelines on patenting of inventions that relate to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions.

On Tuesday 21 November 2023, an Opposition Division of the European Patent Office declared Moderna's patent EP 3 718 565 B1 invalid.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) can issue non-binding opinions on whether a patent is valid and/or infringed.

On the question of whether a stylised comic drawing ("Cat-NÖ") enjoys copyright protection and whether its almost identical commercial use by third parties constitutes an infringement of copyright.

"The DSA marks the end of the era of large online platforms that behave as if they are too big to care," writes EU Commissioner Thierry Breton in response to the opening of proceedings by the EU Commission against X.

Expectations are high that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will begin operation towards the end of this year or early in 2023.