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The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

Suzanne Orian and Nicolas Underwood of Cabinet Beau de Loménie outline the key elements from the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal’s long-awaited decision in Case G1/19 On March 10 2021, the EPO’s Enlarged ...

Yesterday, in the Emotional Perception appeal, the UK Supreme Court has replaced the Aerotel test for patentability with the “any hardware” approach used by the EPO (as approved by the Enlarged Board ...

“Last year, unitary protection… was requested for about 28,000 patents granted by the EPO, representing slightly more than 25% of all EU patents issued in 2024.” On Tuesday, the European Patent Office ...

The European Patent Organisation president may only make a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) if decisions by two appeal boards show a clear divergence in law, the Enlarged Board has ...

AI as defined by the UK Intellectual Property Office (‘UK IPO’) and European Patent Office (‘EPO’) Applications of AI in biotechnology How biotechnology companies can leverage AI to drive innovation ...

“While ‘abstract ideas’ are not patentable in the United States, the UK does not consider abstraction relevant when considering patentable subject matter. Either the patent claims, for example, a ...