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Ming-Yeh Lin of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices reports on a Taiwanese Intellectual Property and Commercial Court ruling that has ramifications for whether certain private documents can serve as prior art references

Jakob Pade Frederiksen of Inspicos reviews a recent decision of the EPO Legal Board of Appeal relating to the impact of an applicant’s appeal against a decision to grant a patent

Meyke Rietveld and Clemens Molle of Bird & Bird, along with Emma Ren from the association team at Beijing Lawjay Partners, discuss the first copyright cases in China and the EU dealing with training AI models, and newly enacted legislation in this field

Matthew Costard of Spoor & Fisher Jersey provides a guide to the key updates as Rwanda expands the scope of its intellectual property protection regime

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Dilan Sıla Kayalıca of Gün + Partners consider two recent rulings by the Turkish Court of Cassation that underline the importance of vested rights in Turkish trademark law

Michaela Weigel-Krusemarck of Maiwald considers the impact of the Enlarged Board of Appeal introducing a rebuttable presumption that a patent applicant is entitled to claim priority