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How the UPC and European Patents with Unitary Effect Reach Beyond Europe to the United States

IP Watchdog

The impact of the long-awaited launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is hard to overstate. While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. patent applications.

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Broad functional claiming at the EPO (T 0835/21)

The IPKat

The ever-present question for IP in certain technical fields is how much data is needed to support a patent application. However, in some cases, the amount of data needed to overcome this doubt to support a patent application may still be surprisingly minimal.

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Building High-Quality Patent Portfolios in the United States and Europe: Part II – Software Patents

IP Watchdog

In Part I of this series, we discussed how patent portfolio managers should be careful when generating company-owned prior art or reviewing competitor prior art, and how a patent litigation or licensing campaign can be significantly hamstrung based on how the United States and Europe consider intervening prior art.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

It's time for a weekly review of posts from the surrounding IP blogs over the past week! with specific examples of how well-known companies are filing trade mark applications related to the use of tokens in virtual environments. Marks IP has reported on the background to the dispute and the JPO's decision on the invalidity action.

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First the leak and now the question: Will the European Commission go forward with its IP Action plan?

The IPKat

Kat friend Roya Ghafele reports on the leaked draft of the European Commission IP Action plan and its possible consequences. This was my first thought in seeing emails in my mailbox containing a copy of the ‘leaked’ European Commission IP Action plan. A register of standard essential patents is proposed; 2.

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Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. Read the full article on Managing IP. Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership.

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Monday Miscellany

The IPKat

The Patents Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court (before that, the House of Lords) have all and for many years stressed the need for consistency with decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO. News Goodbye to our GuestKat Jan Jacobi and our InternKat Alexandre Zanatta Miura. Read more here (in Spanish).