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Why artificial intelligence should be a legal entity

The Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office recently confirmed in the merged proceedings J 8/20 and J 9/20 that the inventor named in a patent application must be ...

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Medical Devices: EU Decision on Further Harmonized Standards

Further harmonization of standards Commission ...

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EPC, UPCA: First impacts of the start of the UPCA provisional application period on EPO proceedings

In view of the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent, the European Patent Office (EPO) has now declared that it will allow requesting a delayed grant and early reques...

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Unitary Patent System: Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) Starts

On January 18th, Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification on the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application as the thirteenth m...

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Patent: Suspension of Infringement Proceedings in the Case of (Future) Nullity Suit

Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, order of 22 September 2021, Case No. I-2 W 17/21 - Suspension standard Afte...

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Possible Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the Applicability of the “Joint Applicants Approach” (T 1513/17)

Whether a Euro-PCT application validly claims the priority of an ea...

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