by David Eyre | Jun 1, 2020 | Briefings, US & International
Earlier this year we reported that the European Patent Office (EPO) has stated that the requirements for being an inventor can only be fulfilled by a natural person. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has now considered the parallel subject matter...
by David Eyre | Mar 1, 2020 | Briefings, UK
“Crown Use”, by which the government can order the infringement of the patent under particular circumstances, is a provision of the UK Patents Act 1977 that is seldom used. However, in the case of IPCom vs Vodafone, this seldom used provision has been...
by David Eyre | Feb 1, 2020 | Briefings, US & International
The Invention The invention in this case relates to drive shafts in automobiles (U.S. Patent 7,774,911; “‘911 patent”). Vibration in drive shafts is a known problem and methods have been devised to address this. Such methods include using drive shaft...
by Juliette Boynton | Feb 1, 2020 | EPO
In a pair of Decisions that seems very likely to be appealed, the EPO has stated that the requirements for an inventor can only be fulfilled by a natural person. The naming of the inventor protects their rights associated with the invention, including their right to...
by Carolyn Haywood | Jan 1, 2020 | Briefings, EPO
Division was held to be enough for remittal to be ordered. T 688/16 T 688/16 relates to an appeal of the Decision of an Opposition Division to revoke EP2053959, a patent related to a method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank...
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