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Rock climbing: how to stop (patent) protection falling through the cracks

Rock climbers have devised clever ways to make their protection devices more reliable. A particularly interesting one is the “camming device”...

Time waits for no one: interveners race the clock in accelerated EPO appeals

European Patent Office provides important guidance on the handling of late interventions during accelerated appeal proceedings...

UKIPO updates its guidance on the patentability of AI

The UKIPO has updated sections of the Manual of Patent Practice (MOPP) related to the examination of patent applications that involve computer programs....

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – January 2025

UK update New PCT fee structure at the UKIPO from 1 January 2025 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure will change on 1 January 2025. The announcement can be read here, and the summarise...

GJE announces partnership promotions

GJE is delighted to announce that Jack Severs and Michael Vallance have both been appointed to the partnership. Both are patent attorneys in the firm’s IT & Engineering team, and were previously...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – November 2024

UK update Changes to supplementary protection certificates on 1 January 2025 Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) provide additional protection for patented medicines and pesticides, which are...

GIANT Health Event 2024

GJE is excited to announce our participation in the GIANT Health Event 2024, which will be taking place at the Business Design Centre in London 9-10 December. This is Europe’s largest HealthTech eve...

Teva fined €462.6m for misuse of EPO patent system – time to rethink your divisional patent strategy?

In a rare but highly important decision involving European patents, the European Commission has recently found the pharmaceutical company Teva guilty of abusing a dominant position in relation to its ...

A guide to AI and patents – 2024 update

Introduction Much has changed since we first released this guide to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) back in 2019. At that time, ChatGPT did not exist, and ML remained mysterious...

Startup stories: Daphne Technology SA

Alistair Holzhauer-Barrie in conversation with Dr William Ramsay and Janne Berglund GJE works directly with companies across the UK, Europe and further afield.  Some have a long history behind th...