As GOP Field Narrows, Trump’s Legal Battles Intensify

A Supreme Court decision and various appeals could change the trajectory of the 2024 presidential campaign.

EPO Unjustified

Unjustified injustice at the EPO puts in grave doubt the EPO’s capability of deciding on patentability and its credibility in patent cases at large; it seems clear, based on the EPO’s internal tribunals and appeal boards, that the Office controls...

Abandoning the EPC in Order to Promote Corporations-Led EPO With Kangaroo Courts (UPC) is Simply Illegal

The EPO has gone off the rails and nobody wants to stop that train, certainly not the member states (MSs) which enabled the abolition of the European Patent Convention (EPC)

Compatible, not optimal: G 1/21 and future EPO video conferencing - JUVE Patent

The Enlarged Boards of Appeal has released its final reasoning in the G 1/21 appeal regarding compulsory video conferencing.

In the aftermath of G 1/21: The Future of Video Proceedings in the EPO - Kluwer Patent Blog

Discusses the consequences of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal's ruling G 1/21 about oral proceedings by videoconference.

Arecor Therapeutics says polysaccharide vaccine patent upheld by European Patent Office

The EPO considered but dismissed an appeal filed by GlaxoSmithKline, upholding the patent as granted to Arecor

Reasons for an EBA referral on plausibility, post-published evidence and problem-solution

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

[Meme] When Everything is Basically Rigged...

With totally rigged appointments and even rigged courts it’s hardly surprising that the EPO has been going down the drain

EBA dodges the question in G1/21 (ViCo oral proceedings)

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Case G1/21: EBA gives no clarity about videoconferencing - Kluwer Patent Blog

In its much-awaited decision in case G 1/21, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO has evaded to answer the high-profile question whether videoconferencing against the will of (one of) the parties is compatible with the right to oral...

Case G1/21: EBA gives no clarity about videoconferencing - Kluwer Patent Blog

In its much-awaited decision in case G 1/21, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO has evaded to answer the high-profile question whether videoconferencing against the will of (one of) the parties is compatible with the right to oral...