by Alex Bajjon | Mar 23, 2023 | News
What is the current situation, and why is it changing on 1st June? Traditionally, European patents granted centrally by the European Patent Office are maintained as separate national patents in the European countries of commercial interest to their owners. The...
by Juliette Boynton | Mar 22, 2023 | EPO
As we know, when claiming priority from an earlier application, one of the tests for a valid priority claim is that it relates to the “same invention”; this being essentially the same as the test for added matter and requiring a “direct and unambiguous” disclosure of...
by Carolyn Haywood | Mar 10, 2023 | Inventors
Snoring can be a nuisance not just for the snorer themselves but for partners alike who often struggle to achieve effective deep sleep. Although anti-snoring methods and devices are known, many are invasive, require sophisticated monitoring or have signal parameters...
by Carolyn Haywood | Mar 2, 2023 | US & International
Background In August 2022, Lite-Netics, LLC ‘Lite-Netics’, who sell string lights with magnets for attaching to a surface such as a roof edge during the Christmas period, brought an infringement action against Nu Tsai Capital, LLC d/b/a Holiday Bright Lights (HBL)...
by David Eyre | Feb 28, 2023 | UK
In this decision the Hearing Officer noted that a marketing authorisation is focused on what a product is rather than what it does. Consequently, a change in how the authorised product is used does not alter the basis of the original marketing authorisation....
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