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Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – October 2024

UK UPDATE Notifying the UKIPO of a court action There is an obligation to serve documents on the comptroller or registrar in certain cases involving registered IP rights. The rule applies to cases inv...

UPC Central Division Munich Section adopts an EPO-like approach in its First Judgment

On 16 July 2024, the Munich Central Division (CD) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its first substantive decision in a revocation action in UPC 1/2023, marking a significant milestone in the n...

UPC/UP-DATE

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been fully operational for a year, and the Unitary Patent (UP), registerable at grant of a European patent, has been available for a year. To mark the occasion, we h...

What is a computer? What is a technical contribution? Insights from the Emotional Perception AI v UKIPO appeal

As we have reported previously, the High Court’s remarkable decision to overturn a decision of the UKIPO regarding machine learning was handed down late last year. The High Court found that a traine...

When All That Glitters (in an EPO Notice of Allowance) Is Not Gold

A notice of allowance (the so-called “R.71(3) communication”) issued by the EPO on a European patent application is accompanied by a copy of the “allowed text”, i.e. the text of the specificat...

GJE’s Alasdair MacQuarrie and Edward Carstairs have both been listed as ‘Highly Recommended’ individuals in the WIPR UK Trade Mark Rankings 2024.

We are delighted to be recognised in the WIPR UK Trade Marks Rankings 2024 with Partners Alasdair MacQuarrie and Edward Carstairs both listed as ‘Highly Recommended’ individuals. The WIPR ...

The Importance of IP Audits: Top Five Ways to Lose Investment

Congratulations! You’ve just bought your first Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio – it holds the key to untold possibilities in innovation, value, and growth. It cost a fair bit, so it must be g...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance

We regularly review changes to patent law and practice at the UKIPO, EPO and in other jurisdictions so that we can keep abreast of the latest developments. Please feel free to contact your usual GJE c...

UPC Litigation

The Unitary Patent (UP) together with the Unified Patent Court (UPC) represent the biggest shake up of the European patent system for more than 40 years.  The new system of en...

Biomedical Engineering: The Patent Landscape

Biomedical engineering is a broad field, encompassing most devices and apparatuses that interact with the human body for medical purposes in some way. This report aims to identify the major filers of ...