Understanding Patent Applications and Methods for Best Approaches in Europe and the U.S.
UPC case law on the assessment of inventive step is still evolving. Most local division (LD) decisions have indicated a slightly diverging practice from the EPO’s problem-solution approach. However, more recently, others have...more
Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG v. Bette GmbH & Co. KG The Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its first decision on the merits, granting the first-ever permanent injunction covering seven UPC member states. Franz Kaldewei GmbH &...more