EPO

As William Blake put it in Auguries of Innocence, written in 1803 but not published until 1863, "A Robin Redbreast in a cage, puts all heaven in a rage". So did the ill-crafted concept of…

The Central Staff Committee (CSC) of the European Patent Office has published a paper on the activities of the Industry Patent Quality Charter, titled ‘50 years EPC - The EPO ignoring the skilled…

The declining search and examination quality of EPO patents is not only harmful because inventions are not protected but they also create a lot of uncertainty for the industry. The problem has…

A judicial and academic debate on standard essential patents (SEPs) in China has recently arisen. The issuance of anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) by Chinese courts in a relatively short period of time …

The political environment at the EPO remains bumpy. Though some progress is made in relatively minor adjustments of the working conditions, the SUEPO trade union and staff committees remain largely…

The EPO and BRPTO are adopting the WIPO Standard ST.26 for the submission of sequence listings in national and international applications filed on or after July 1st, 2022. WIPO Standard ST.26…

The requirement for immediate and complete substantiation of a request for re-establishment corresponds to the principle of "Eventualmaxime/ Häufungsgrundsatz/ le principe de la concentration des…

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The EPO management has been under increasing criticism for its perceived lack of attention for the deteriorating quality of EPO patents. The subject was put on the agenda prominently last year in…