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Practical Claim Drafting Tips for Computer Implemented Inventions In View of G1/19

The EPO’s Enlarged Board of appeal handed down decision G1/19 on 10 March 2021.  This decision concerns the patentability of computer simulations under the European Patent Convention (EPC). &nb...

Has the Patentability of Computer Simulations Changed in Europe Following the Recent Decision in G1/19?

On 10 March 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal at the EPO issued the long-anticipated decision G 1/19 concerning the patentability of computer simulations.  Before this decision, the standard for...

Innovation in Simulations, from Robots to Wrinkles

The big news last Wednesday in the world of computer-implemented inventions was the long awaited publication of the G1/19 decision, developing the law on patenting simulations in Europe.  In light of...

GJE Review: Simulations

GJE’s computer technology team have put together a comprehensive collection of content designed to equip your business with insight into simulations and the role intellectual property has in its...

Does the Latest Simulations Decision from the Enlarged Board in G1/19 Move Us Closer to European Harmonisation?

Of course, they won’t come out and say it, but the answer to our mind is undoubtedly yes – whether that was on purpose or not, only the EPO will know. In 2011, the UK Courts reined in the UK IPO a...

Patenting a Simulation at the European Patent Office — Some Key Points

Simulations are rife in the modern world.  From the design of components for an aeroplane to the movement of people in a crowded space, simulation is finding highly diverse application across man...

How to Patent Gene Therapies in Europe: Challenges and Strategies | 13.04.21

Tuesday 13th April 2021, 2:00pm (London UK – BST) 45mins What will the talk cover? Gene therapies are taking medicine by storm.  Very large investments are being made across the world in both s...

Superwomen: Female Inventors Fighting COVID-19

This International Women’s Day, we are honouring the successes of female inventors whose innovations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have provided us with much needed hope in a period of unprec...

IP News: A Roundup of Recent Developments

The following summaries collate a selection of the latest IP news in the UK, at the European Patent Office (EPO), and in relation to PCT (international) applications.  The summaries have been pre...

Proving Plausibility – Can Post-filed Evidence Support Your Patent: Part 2

As we found in the first part of this two-part series, timing is everything when it comes to filing a patent application.  Filing too early may mean your application may lack the essential eviden...