EPO Boards of Appeal Conference Highlights
The European Patent Office recently held its eighth “Boards of Appeal and Key Decisions” conference. Attended by Dr Simon Fortt, this annual conference provides a unique insight into developments within the Boards of Appeal and its case law.
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EPO Boards of Appeal Conference 2018
The European Patent Office recently held its eighth “Boards of Appeal and Key Decisions” conference. This annual conference provides a unique insight into developments within the Boards of Appeal and its case law. Here we summarize recent developments.
Skating towards Patent Infringement
Anna Bartholomew takes a look at Lord Kitchin’s decision on Icescape Ltd v Ice-World International BV & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 2219 which applies for the first time the new approach to infringement of patents as set out in the decision of the Supreme Court in Actavis UK Ltd v Eli Lilly & Co [2017] UKSC 48.
Special Update on Patenting AI: New European Guidelines
Ahead of their adoption on 1 November, TLIP take a look at the European Guidelines for Examination in relation to software, mathematical methods, AI and cloud computing.
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