by Sean Hutchinson | Dec 20, 2022 | EPO, UPC
We reported in our article of October 2022 that the UPC Preparatory team had published its “Implementation roadmap” for bringing the European Union’s Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “UPC Agreement”) into force early next year. Specifically, it was expected...
by Carolyn Haywood | Oct 27, 2022 | EPO
In February 2022 we reported on the Written Decision issued in T 116/18, which confirmed the scope of the referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) regarding the use of post-published evidence for establishing a technical...
by David Eyre | Oct 18, 2022 | EPO
This case concerned an appeal from a decision of the Opposition Division to maintain an opposed patent in amended form (European Patent No. EP2876903). During the Opposition Proceedings the Opponent filed prior-art document D17 in response to the Patentee’s reply to...
by Sean Hutchinson | Oct 12, 2022 | EPO, UPC
As mentioned in our articles of June 2022 regarding unitary patents and the Unified Patent Court, the European Union has in recent years laid the groundwork for a single patent having effect across many of the EU Member States, as well as a new court for enforcing...
by Alex Bajjon | Sep 8, 2022 | UK
Background The Noco Company (“Noco”) is a US company that owns UK patent no. GB2257858 which relates to devices for jump-starting cars. Shenzhen Carku Technology Co., Ltd (“Carku”) sold battery-powered jump-starters on Amazon, which Noco considered infringed their...
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