The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2023

The European Commission’s IP Action plan proposes major changes relating how standard essential patents are to be treated, as follows: 1. The European Commission’s IP Action plan proposes major changes relating how standard essential patents are to be treated, as follows: 1. This means that it is under EU authority.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The second of these decisions, Abbott v Dexcom [2021] EWHC 2246 , concerned Abbott's latest application to expedite a patent trial revoking four of Dexcom's patents. With a more expensive product than Abbott's, Dexcom has a much smaller UK market share. Mr Justice Mellor dismissed the application " with some regret ".

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2022

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).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A Kat trying to negotiate an early spring with Mother Nature Conferences and events EPO Tech Day 2022 - 16 February 2022 On 16 February 2022, from 1:00pm to 5:15pm (CET), the European Patent Office (EPO) will celebrate Tech Day 2022 with the online event "Technologies of Transformation: Patenting in an era of global challenges and opportunities".

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2022

EVENTS 27 October 2022 | 4iP Council: webinar " IP Waiver in pandemic times " (online) This webinar provides an overview of the challenges during the pandemic and the impact of the TRIPS waiver on innovation, global public health, global collaboration, the patent system, etc. Registrations are available here. Registrations are available here.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Why do patent grace periods matter? Procrastinating can be an unforgiveable offense when it comes to patenting. Nearly every country has a timing requirement for filing patents. Tardiness can lead to an irrevocable loss of patent rights. And how late is too late? So what is considered late? Whose activities matter?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. This case is a textbook example of the EPO's strict approach to added matter. Profanity The patent was opposed for added matter.

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