Maiwald blog articles
Decision on inventive step casts new light on EBA’s ‘plausibility’ guidance: T 0116/18 and a review after 10 months of G 2/21
In March last year, the much-awaited decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA), G 2/21, issued on the topic of “plausibility”, a catchword much appli...
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Paris, Munich, Milan – first revision of the UPCA adopted
It has been agreed upon for several weeks and was already confirmed at the meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
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Maiwald is pleased to be a member of the UPCLA network
What is the UPCLA network? The UPCLA network, created in 2014, is a non-exclusive network of European law...
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To use or not to use – the nuisance of repeated trademark filings
The so-called grace period for use in the EU Trademark Regulation is intended to give applicants the opportunity to protect their trademark and thus an important marketing too...
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The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that its fees will increase from 1 April 2023
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that its fees will increase from 1 April 2023. Most of the fees are increased by 3%. However, the fees for requesting an interna...
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News on EU Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Laws
1. New pharmaceutical legislation With the so-called
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