The UPC Court of Appeal has now provided clear guidance on how the UPC should determine whether a patent involves an inventive step. This endorses the “holistic” approach, establishing what the ...

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office explains how the inventive step obstacle can be cleared when preparing a patent application and presents several case studies based on combination ...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of WTR's co-published content. Read more on Insight It is paramount in a patent examination to determine whether an invention ...

A utility model can be obtained in Spain for inventions relating to products, not methods, and for a term of 10 years. The requirements to be met by a utility model in Spain are slightly different to ...

“U.S. courts have made clear that mere plausibility is not the test for enablement, finding that patentees could otherwise obtain patent rights to purported inventions consisting of little more than ...

Article 22 of the Patent Act provides that, where an invention can be easily made by a person having ordinary skill in the art (PHOSITA) based on prior art, no invention patent shall be granted, ...

As a firm responsible for managing global portfolios for pharmaceutical companies, we closely follow and seek to stay abreast of developments regarding patentability in various jurisdictions. We ...

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ‘IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial ...

“U.S. patent practitioners preparing to file in the EPO should be aware of several key considerations and potential pitfalls.” In today’s global economy, securing international patent protection is ...