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The European Patent Convention (EPC) excludes patenting treatment methods by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods. Substances or...

Drastic changes in Belgium for the research exemption as well as the clinical trial exemption Intro The research exemption for patents has...

Contraception is not a novel concept for anyone in this day and age. In fact, due to the advances in science and technology, we can now...

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA), the highest judicial authority under the European Patent Convention (EPC), issued its decision in case...

As a response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the European Patent Office has introduced the possibility of holding oral proceedings by...

YES – you can oppose a European patent while maintaining anonymity. When a European patent is granted, there is a...

Finally, after many years of difficulties, the combined Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) project is about to become a...

At present, inventors can obtain patents in Europe by applying either to national patent offices, or by going through a centralized...

Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) are intellectual property rights that were introduced to encourage innovation by compensating...

Plant Variety Rights (PVRs), also known as Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBRs)  protect plant varieties that are novel, distinct, uniform,...

Today, on 1 June 2021, the fourth amendment to the Chinese patent law will enter into force. In addition to an overall strengthening of the...