European Patent Convention
Ireland joining the UPC would offer plenty of opportunities to local attorneys but there are fears that the upcoming referendum could get ‘lost in the noise’
Oliver Jan Jüngst and Daniela Kinkeldey of Bird & Bird explain how they secured victory for client NanoString in the first major ruling by the UPC’s Court of Appeal
An alliance with German firm Vossius & Partner means Brinkhof can punch above its weight while retaining its independence
A host of firms are lined up to act in next week's Court of Appeal hearing in Ocado v Autostore, in what will be a key test for transparency at the new court
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Sponsored by Gün and PartnersThe new system raises several questions for European Patent Convention countries that are not EU members, say Selin Sinem Erciyas, Aysel Korkmaz Yatkın, Zeynep Çağla Üstün and Aysu Eryaşar of Gün + Partners
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Sponsored by InspicosThe Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO (EBA) has recently issued opinion G 3/19, which concludes that plants and animals exclusively obtained by “essentially biological processes” are exempt from patentability. This finding only affects patents derived from patent applications filed after July 1 2017.