by | Jun 1, 2019 | Briefings, EPO
A recent case from the EPO Boards of Appeal, T 0725/14, sees the Board consider again the issue of priority entitlement and what constitutes a valid transfer of priority rights. Of course, it is not the first time these issues have been considered but where this case...
by Sean Hughes | May 1, 2019 | Briefings, EPO
Background As previously reported, in G 2/12 (Broccoli and Tomatoes II), the Enlarged Board of Appeal found that Article 53(b) EPC did not exclude plants produced by essentially biological processes from patentability. Nevertheless, following guidance from the...
by Carolyn Haywood | May 1, 2019 | Briefings, EPO
The Broad Institute (Broad) manages a patent portfolio on behalf of several collaborating institutions, including Broad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) which contains several European patents for...
by Carolyn Haywood | May 1, 2019 | Briefings, EPO
The Broad Institute (Broad) manages a patent portfolio on behalf of several collaborating institutions, including Broad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) which contains several European patents for...
by Carolyn Haywood | Nov 1, 2018 | Briefings, EPO
The two patent applications that were the subject of last week’s sequential hearings are both divisional applications of EP2771468 which was revoked in January 2018 and is currently under Appeal at the EPO. The two sequential hearings were consolidated with...
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