Briefing NotesNews & EventsLatest briefing notes, news and podcasts Brazil is now a full member of the Hague International Design systemThe Hague System now covers 96 countriesRead More 01Aug2023 The Doctrine of Equivalents – where are we now?UpdatedRead More 10May2023 Judgment day II: Could national judges harmonise international patent law?Judges in national courts face the challenge of how to integrate UPC case law with their own. Mechanisms already exist by which they could do so, and there are compelling reasons for these to be used to harmonise international patent lawRead More 04Apr2023 When can you use newly filed data to support inventive step at the EPO?The EPO’s highest court has issued its long-awaited decision in G2/21 regarding the use of post-published evidence to support inventive stepRead More 24Mar2023 Brazil joins the Hague Design SystemMany companies have shown increased interest in the Hague System in recent yearsRead More 22Feb2023 The New EU Clinical Trials Regulation: Implications for patent filingsThe EU is changing both the amount of clinical trial information that may be made available to the public and the timing for publicationRead More 27Jan2023 G2/21 Update – Non-Binding Opinion IssuedThe EPO’s highest court shares its initial thoughts about when data can be filed to support inventive stepRead More 14Oct2022 Final UPC Rules of Procedure now publishedThe new rules came into effect on 1st SeptemberRead More 07Sep2022 3D Printing of BiomaterialsIP Considerations for Innovative Materials and 3D Manufacturing PracticesRead More 09Aug2022 G 2/21 (ʺplausibilityʺ): update on recent eventsWhat has happened since the questions were referred?Read More 04Aug20221234…27> ServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCUPC RepresentativesHealthcareSectorLife SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeType Briefing Notes News PodcastsArchive2023SeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary2011DecemberNovember2010SeptemberJulyJanuary