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GJE Associate Ash Earl observed the eagerly anticipated G 2/21 Enlarged Board of Appeal hearing held on 24 November 2022. All sides provided considered arguments and some interesting points were...
Today, transportation accounts for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions[1]. Shipping produces 2% on its own[2]. Therefore a transition away from fossil-fuelled vehicles – both on land ...
With the preliminary opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal now published, we have been provided with an insight into the issues the Enlarged Board considers to be of potential significance for discu...
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its preliminary opinion on the questions of law referred to it in the highly anticipated referral G 2/21. The referral concerns whether post-published evi...
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has announced that it will hold a diplomatic conference with the aim of agreeing a new Design Law Treaty (DLT) that should harmonize and streamline ...
During September there were whispers of a possible date on which the Unified Patent Court (UPC) would start full operation, which would also bring the Unitary Patent (UP) system into effect. Onl...
The introduction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the parallel Unitary Patent (UP) will be one of the biggest changes to European IP rights in decades. The start of full operation of the UP...
The introduction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will be part of the biggest shake up in European IP rights in decades. A new patent right, the Unitary Patent (UP), will be introduced which will all...
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Introduction G 2/21 is the referral pending before the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO regarding whether post-published evidence can be used to prove the existence of a technical effect when proof...