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Will The UPC Guide The EPO When It Comes To Description Amendments?

We recently reported on the Enlarged Board of Appeal's Decision in G 1/24 that made it clear that the description and drawings must be consulted when interpreting the claims.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Setting Your IP Strategy - Part II: Monetisation Of IP

Businesses may be deterred from taking steps to acquire IP rights because of the associated costs; however, when acquired strategically, IP rights can provide a substantial revenue stream.

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Keltie LLP

Rouse In Profile: Juan Samuel Loyola

Sam is an Assistant Manager (Junior Associate) with local Philippines law firm, Baranda & Associates, based in Manila.

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Rouse

Can 3D Printing Save Our Oceans?

In our recent 3D printing White Paper, we discussed how additive manufacturing has taken off in sectors such as automotive, aerospace and energy, and how the use of 3D-printing to produce on...

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Marks & Clerk

Striking A New Chord: Will The UK Harmonise With The EPO On Excluded Matter?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UK Court Of Appeal Upholds Moderna MRNA Patent Against Pfizer/BioNTech

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Generative AI Designs New Antibiotics - But Who Owns The Invention?

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Marks & Clerk

Claim Interpretation At The EPO After The Recent Case Law (G 1/24)

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Boult Wade Tennant

Blockchain And Web3 As A Platform For Innovation – What Are The IP Challenges?

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Murgitroyd

Injunction Covering The UK Highlights The Reach Of The UPC's Long Arm

United Kingdom IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Driving Innovation: IP Protection In The Era Of Automotive Transformation

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Murgitroyd

AI Versus Cleantech - Collusion Or Collision?

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Potter Clarkson Launches Landmark Patent Landscape Analysis Of The SynBio Revolution

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Potter Clarkson

Can CRISPR And RNAi Help Us Develop New And More Sustainable Fruits And Vegetables?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

HR Briefing - July 2025

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Macfarlanes LLP

(Mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation | Kortfuzi, Insider Trading & Money Laundering (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

When Boundaries Are Crossed: Neighbour Disputes – A Legal Perspective (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 15: Moving On Up… (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Online Safety: Navigating Compliance Across The UK, The EU And The US

Worldwide Compliance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Edwards Vs Meril Case At The Unified Patent Court

In this article, Molly Yau looks at the Edwards vs Meril case at the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and explores its procedural implications. Molly draws on her academic background and long-standing interest in cardiovascular...

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Keltie LLP

Launch Of The Biotech And Biomanufacturing Hub

Earlier this year, the European Commission launched a Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub that provides tools and resources to help companies, particularly start-ups and SMEs...

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Boult Wade Tennant

CERN Demonstrates Coherent Control Of Antiproton Spin State -- An Antiqubit

BASE, which is a CERN initiative to compare the properties of protons and antiprotons, has announced results wherein an antiproton was kept in a coherent oscillation...

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Marks & Clerk

Recording Your IP Rights At Customs

Recording your Intellectual Property rights with customs helps prevent potentially dangerous counterfeit food and drink products from entering the market.

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HGF Ltd

Patent Statistics In The Cleantech Industry

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

G 1/24 – A New Era Of Claim Interpretation At The EPO?

European Union IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Sustainable Technology Patent Litigation Confirms A Doctrine Of Equivalence In The UPC

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Edwards v. Boohoo: Weaving Through The Challenges Of Unregistered Design Claims In Fast Fashion

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Requirement To Amend Description Referred To EPO Enlarged Board Of Appeal

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Marks & Clerk

EPO Ruling On Claim Interpretation Will Have Broad Impact

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

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Boult Wade Tennant

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out?

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Boult Wade Tennant

Court Of Appeal Upholds Invalidity Of AstraZeneca's Compound Patent And Clarifies The Standard Of Plausibility

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A&O Shearman

What Is Responsible AI, And Is It Patentable?

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Murgitroyd

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

I'm delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Pratt, a Partner at Boult specialising in engineering and designs, and Angela McCleave HR Director. Jonathan Pratt has an active part in overseeing the educational needs...

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Boult Wade Tennant

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out?

During the transitional period following the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), proprietors of EP patent applications and granted traditional European Patents can choose to opt out of jurisdiction of the UPC.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Court Of Appeal Upholds Invalidity Of AstraZeneca's Compound Patent And Clarifies The Standard Of Plausibility

On July 16 2025, the Court of Appeal dismissed AstraZeneca's appeal and upheld the first instance decision, finding that AstraZeneca's compound patent for dapagliflozin...

United Kingdom IP

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A&O Shearman

What Is Responsible AI, And Is It Patentable?

The organisation Responsible AI describes responsibility in the context of AI as a key concept for anchoring AI innovation to human rights, ethics and a flourishing human race.

United Kingdom Technology

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Murgitroyd

Intellectual Property – European Patent Court Orders Injunction Prohibiting UK Patent Infringement

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Adapting The Description Before The EPO: Referral To The Enlarged Board Of Appeal

Yesterday the EPO announced a Technical Board of Appeal has referred questions to the EBA concerning the adaptation of the description...

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Murgitroyd

G1/25 - The EPO Ponders: Are Description Amendments Really Necessary?

On 29 July 2025 the European Patent Office's (EPO) Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.02 made the first referral of 2025 to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal on the question of the need to amend the description...

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Maucher Jenkins

G1/25 - Patent Consistency Matters

In G1/25, there's a new referral to the European Patent Office's Enlarged Board of Appeal tackling the issue of whether a patent description needs to be conformed to the amended claims.

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Lewis Silkin

Referral On EPO Description Amendments Confirmed (G1/25 - "Hydroponics")

A Board of Appeal at the EPO has referred questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in connection with inconsistencies between the claims and description of a European patent vs. those of a European patent...

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

A Leading Case – Beware Sequence Errors In Patent Claims

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Weights, Biases, And The Scales Of Justice: A Look Inside The Supreme Court Patentability Hearing

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_359/2023

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

I Wouldn't Do That If I Were You: UK IPO Refuses Patent For Use Of Neural Networks To Generate In-game Tips

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Have Crocs Taken A Step Too Far?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_365/2023

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Stop The Press, Literally!

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Boult Wade Tennant

Understanding The ASEAN Manufacturing Landscape

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Rouse

The Home-made Invention That Led To The Sound Of Black Sabbath, And The Birth Of A New Genre - 'Heavy Metal'

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

A Case Of Bad "Optics"? EU UPC Grants UK Injunction

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UK Approach To Plausibility Remains Unchanged Despite EPO's G2/21

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Trust Your Dentist: Flossing Is Good For You

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UK IPO Launches Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

When Is A Decision Not A Decision? When It Is An Intermediate Conclusion

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

The UPC – Two Years On

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Keltie LLP

IP Insights: Are UPC Injunctions Subject To Proportionality Considerations? (2024) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Drafting And Prosecuting Applications For Polymorphs Of Drug Compounds At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

UPC Unpacked: Special Edition (Video)

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Old Mill

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