Law No. 2019-486 on growth and transformation of enterprises or “PACTE” Act was promulgated on May 22, 2019, making inventive step a ground for rejection of a domestic French patent application (new ...

The grounds of opposition are set out in Article 100 EPC. To paraphrase, these include that the subject-matter of the European patent is not patentable under Articles 52 to 57 (novelty, inventive step ...

Dutch e-cigarette manufacturer NJOY attacked a patent held by its competitor VMR Products, a subsidiary of Juul Labs. The challenged patent (EP 3 626 092, “EP’092”) related to an electronic cigarette, ...

Joran Michiels of IPSILON Belgium examines how recent EPO and UPC decisions may support inventive-step arguments for CARs, ...

Law360, London (February 23, 2024, 7:09 PM GMT) -- Toyota has lost protections over its exhaust heat recovery system after an emissions specialist showed that the Japanese automotive giant's engine ...

Law360, London (March 18, 2024, 7:11 PM GMT) -- A packaging company has partially succeeded in appealing a decision to uphold a patented method for checking the position of adhesive labels on sheet ...

“U.S. courts have made clear that mere plausibility is not the test for enablement, finding that patentees could otherwise obtain patent rights to purported inventions consisting of little more than ...

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About 20 years ago, Hotels.com had a series of commercials starring a character called “Captain Obvious.” This character would make observations that were funny because they were apparent to all. And ...

Article 22 of the Patent Act provides that, where an invention can be easily made by a person having ordinary skill in the art (PHOSITA) based on prior art, no invention patent shall be granted, ...