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G 1/25: two decisions for the price of one?

G 1/25, the long-awaited decision on adaptation of the description, was issued today. Adaptation will continue to be required at the EPO, but only if a claim amendment introduces an inconsistency…

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This is just a short post on an interesting new development on exceptions to the EPO’s strict approach to admissibility on appeal. T 715/24 reason 2 suggests that claim interpretation is to be…

The first strategic choice in a patent dispute is not where to sue. It is where to secure the evidence that will make the claim pleadable, quantifiable and commercially credible. A case may…

The EPO’s recent study, Methodologies for FRAND determination: evidence from global case law, is an extensive account of judicial approaches to evaluating fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory…

If a final decision on an infringement action has already been taken, for a second (consecutive) infringement action with respect to the same patent and between the same parties the question arises…

Although Greek courts have dealt with SPC disputes on a number of occasions, there has been limited judicial analysis of one of the Regulation’s most fundamental concepts: the definition of a …

The Court concurs with the interpretative approach expressed by the EPO Board of Appeal (see Decision T1000/12 of 17 December 2023, T 412/09 of 9 May 2012 et al) according to which it is only in…

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