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Remaining member states still have until 12 June 2021 to implement the Directive into national laws.

On 13 January 2020, the Board of Appeal kicked off the much awaited CRISPR hearing. After a long battle, on 16 January 2020...

On April 15, the Council of the EU approved the new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (now titled Directive 2017/790). The Directive has a clear objective, to modernise the legislative framework

From 1 November 2023, the "10 day notification period" historically provided by the EPO for communications and many associated deadlines will no longer apply.

On 13th March 2018, the UK deposited the instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement with WIPO, in Geneva, completing its final step toward joining the Hague Agreement ...

Earlier this year, the EPO announced a pilot scheme for Opposition Division Oral Proceedings via videoconference.

As previously reported, the Unified Patent Court's Administrative Committee adopted the Rules of Procedure (RoP) for litigation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on 8 July 2022.

The assessment of inventive step from a German view requires that the person skilled in the art not only has a motivation to modify or adapt the relevant prior art, but also that there is an appropriate suggestion.

If a patent owner wants to claim damages from an infringer, he bears the burden of proof for the facts substantiating the amount to be claimed.

Finnegan attorney Chiaki Kobayashi authored an article titled, "A battle of what ‘a pH of 13 or higher' means" for the August 2024 issue of Intellectual Property Management...

As previously reported here, on 6 April 2018 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) introduced a number of changes to official fees for UK patent applications.

The Life Sciences industry can be particularly challenging for companies to navigate, often requiring careful navigation through rigorous testing and regulatory compliance.

Patent eligibility is a balancing act; the Supreme Court explained in Mayo that "too broad an interpretation of this exclusionary principle could eviscerate patent law

The Life Sciences industry can be particularly challenging for companies to navigate, often requiring careful navigation through rigorous testing and regulatory compliance.

Software as a Medical Device–also referred to as SaMD–is one of the fastest growing innovations in the medical device industry

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA), Finnegan partners Arpita Bhattacharyya and Tim McAnulty...

In Tinnus Enterprises, LLC v. Telebrands Corp., No. 16-1410 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 24, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction, finding no clear error in that decision.

In IQE PLC. v. Newport Fab, LLC, No. 2024-1124 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2025), the Federal Circuit vacated a district court decision denying defendant's Anti-SLAPP motion.