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Inadvertently Design-ed Priority Loophole

For a European design, the European General Court has ruled in T-579/19 it is possible to claim priority from an earlier filed patent, or at least from an international patent application filed under ...

Convergent Behaviour: Trends in AI HealthTech Patent Filings

AI & IP Series This is the third in a series of three articles directed at all innovators using artificial intelligence to solve problems in healthcare.  Our aim is to address some of the mis...

T 0944/15: Significant Implications for the Patentability of Computer-Aided Surgery and Therapy Inventions?

Case Law Update – T 0944/15 : the EPO can look beyond the claimed features when assessing the medical method exclusion In a recent Board of Appeal decision, T 0944/15, the Board applied the exclusio...

Board of Appeal’s Preliminary Opinion in T0489/14 Following G1/19 Decision

Following the recently issued decision by the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G1/19, the referring Board in T0489/14 have now issued their preliminary opinion and a summons to oral proceedings.  As w...

Designs in the Automotive Sector – Putting you in the Driver’s Seat

Cars are excellent examples of assets that strongly benefit from all three types of registered intellectual property protection.  Patents are key to protecting technical innovations, while trade ...

IP Strategies for AI Innovators in Healthcare

AI & IP Series This is the second in a series of three articles directed at all innovators using artificial intelligence to solve problems in healthcare.  Our aim is to address some of the miscon...

Is Dasatinib Dead? – An Incredible Change to the Plausibility Threshold

It is just over four years since Board 3.3.01 of the EPO Boards of Appeal delivered its much-anticipated decision in the Dasatinib case (T 488/16). Having been closely involved in that case on behalf ...

“You can’t patent algorithms” – A Guide to Identifying and Protecting AI Inventions in Healthcare

Part two Part three AI & IP Series This is the first of a series of articles directed at all innovators using artificial intelligence to solve problems in healthcare.  Our aim is to address s...

AR-Assisted Surgery: Navigating the Restrictions to Patentability

The development of Augmented Reality (AR) assisted surgical techniques is moving rapidly, with GlobalData predicting the next 10 years will see the AR market in health care reach $76 billion[1].  ...

Practical Claim Drafting Tips for Computer Implemented Inventions In View of G1/19

The EPO’s Enlarged Board of appeal handed down decision G1/19 on 10 March 2021.  This decision concerns the patentability of computer simulations under the European Patent Convention (EPC). &nb...