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EPO Pauses All Proceedings That Depend on   G 2/21, the Referral on Post-Published Evidence and Plausibility

A referral has been made to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA), the EPO’s highest authority, in relation to whether “post-filed” (or “post-published”) evidence may continue to support the pa...

Opposition Practice at the EPO – Advice for Opponents

The EPO (European Patent Office) opposition process offers third parties the opportunity to attack the validity of a European patent after grant. The opposition process is a centralised system, offeri...

Alex Kelly

Before GJE… I was studying for a Master’s in Chemistry at Oxford University; it was in my final year that I realised while I love learning about chemistry I didn’t want to pursue research or aca...

Philippa Makepeace

Before GJE… I decided I wanted to pursue a career as a patent attorney just before my penultimate year of studying chemistry at university. After shadowing an attorney and obtaining work experience ...

Rebecca Matheson

Before GJE… As an undergraduate, I studied natural sciences, specialising in chemistry. I enjoyed my degree, but knew by my final year I was ready to leave the world of academia behind. I hadn’t p...

Chris Poll

Before GJE… As an undergraduate, I studied Physics at the University of Surrey, followed by an MSc in Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronic Devices. I then went on to do a PhD in Materials Science a...

Alice Anderson

Before GJE… Having finished my biochemistry degree I started a masters in IP law with the intention of pursuing a career in patents. Throughout the course of the masters, I found myself more dra...

Ellie Glaysher

What attracted you to GJE? Before GJE I didn’t have any experience in Intellectual Property. When researching the firm, I came across the core values, otherwise known as the 5 Cs. These really stood...

Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent

Streamline infringement and validity disputes across different EU Member States On 20 July 2020, the UK officially withdrew from the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC) system. In a parliamentary writ...

Can Innovation Help Alleviate Personnel Shortages in Food Production?

If you drive a car in the UK, especially in the South East, you were probably affected by the fuel supply crisis in September 2021. Petrol stations ran out of fuel due to panic buying following concer...