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Beyond EPAIL? UK Supreme Court grants leave to appeal for AI music recommender system
Emotional Perception AI Ltd (EPAIL) have been granted leave to appeal by the UK Supreme Court. This follows a series…
Read MoreDescription amendments at the EPO
The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…
Read MoreInnovative technologies take flight – developments in avionics
Avionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…
Read MoreHighway to hydrogen?
The decarbonisation of road transport in the coming decades seems inevitable. Governments around the world are preparing to ban the…
Read MoreWhy are humans smarter than llamas: limitations of modern AI
In the past 30 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved by leaps and bounds. Suitably programmed computers are very well…
Read MoreUPC tweaks EPO inventive step approach as Sanofi succeeds against Amgen
Abstract Shortly after celebrating its one-year anniversary, things look to be very much in full swing for the Unitary Patent…
Read MoreThe outcome we probably expected. The Court of Appeal reaches a verdict on the Emotional Perception AI case
The Court of Appeal has now handed down the judgment in, arguably, the summer of 2024’s most anticipated UK patent…
Read MoreHarnessing the wind at sea: overcoming challenges through innovation
Wind power can be broadly classified into two types. The more familiar type is onshore wind power. The wind turbines…
Read MoreIs new matter added by combining dependent claims?
In many jurisdictions (most notably the U.S.), multiple dependency of claims is not allowed. It is therefore common to have…
Read MoreDoes the description matter when the patent has been granted?
The European Patent Office (EPO) does not give the description in a granted patent much weight when construing the claims….
Read MoreLate filed requests – how many auxiliary requests must we file?
When the current version of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal came into force in 2020, it…
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