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Article refrences 17 Jul 2025 Strategic Considerations for Managing USPTO Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) references
USTPO
Case law T1913/21 25 Jun 2025 T1913/21 on the distinction between non-medical use claims and process claims for novelty assessment and clarifying the limits of G2/88
Case law Armchair T01314/20 25 Jun 2025 T 0314/20 on the prevention of speculative armchair inventions
Article Design Protection 16 Jun 2025 A new era for EU Design Law: What you need to know
Designs Trademarks
Case law T2360-19 Image 10 Jun 2025 T 2360/19: A valid transfer of rights maintains the right to priority
Patents EPO Case Law
Case law Infinity range 3 Jun 2025 T 1977/22: Can an open-ended range be enabled across its whole scope?
Patents EPO Case Law
Article Drug Repurposing 28 May 2025 With the end-point in mind: Focus on new pharmaceuticals
Pharma Patents
Case law Person needing to choose between the right to a fair hearing and legal certainty within due time 26 May 2025 T 1874/23: Limits to the right to oral proceedings under Art. 116 EPC on the request of the Applicant
Patents EPO Case Law
Case law In T 1193/23, the Boards of Appeal (the Boards) revoked a patent relating to a method for safely starting and/or stopping a spinning rotor of a rotor spinning machine (electric motor). The decision notably addresses the relevance of chatbot (specifically ChatGPT) answers in claim interpretation, concluding that such answers cannot automatically be assumed to reflect the skilled person's understanding. 20 May 2025 T 1193/23: Chatbot answers alone cannot establish the skilled person's understanding of claim terms
Patents EPO Case Law