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ChatGPT is not a proxy for the skilled person

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In a recent decision the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has for the first time addressed the use of AI to support arguments on claim interpretation, in this case deciding that ChatGPT cannot be used as a...more

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The EPO Adopts a Patentee-Friendly Approach on Assessing Formal Priority Entitlement

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The Background: There has been a growing trend to invalidate European patents by challenging their formal priority and using intervening prior art. The Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office ("EPO") referred...more

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When is the composition of a product on the market prior art?

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G1/23 – EPO Enlarged Board of Appeals of the EPO “available” (referral from T 0438/19) - Under which circumstances can the public prior use of a product constitute prior art for novelty or inventive step[s], specifically...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: European CVC CRISPR Patent Revoked Because of Invalid Priority Claim

While many patiently await developments in the pending U.S. interference proceedings relating to the CRISPR patents in the U.S., matters are progressing in Europe.  The Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2018: Third Party Observations in Europe, China, Japan, and for the PCT - To File...

Both the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) accept a third party observation regarding validity of a patent application. In February 2012, it was announced that third party observations could be...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2018

A Survey of Third Party Observation Systems - Third party observations can be a cost-effective way of introducing prior art or arguments related to patentability of a published patent application. The September 2018 issue...more

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English Court of Appeal rejects the EPO’s “serious contemplation” test for anticipation by prior disclosure overlapping with later...

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In the case of Jushi Group v OCV [2018] EWCA Civ 1416, the Court of Appeal has considered the question of the relevant test to apply when assessing whether a prior disclosure of numerical ranges will anticipate a later claim...more

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French Cour de Cassation Clarifies Requirement of Plausibility

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The Decision: The French Cour de cassation, in a case concerning a dosage regime patent, recently clarified the "plausibility" requirement, an element of sufficiency of disclosure or inventive step. The Result: The wording...more

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Understanding the similarities and differences between priority claims in Canada and the U.S.

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A valid priority claim can allow a patent application to benefit from the filing date of an earlier patent application so as to exclude certain prior art from consideration. The recent decision of the U.S. Federal Circuit in...more

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