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HOFFMANN EITLE congratulates newly qualified German Patent Attorneys in 2023
We are happy to welcome four new German Patent Attorneys to our team, and therefore, congratulate Andreas Beer (Mechanical Engineering, Munich) Saskia-Berenice Gressel (Biotechnology, Munich)...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/23
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin by discussing a groundbreaking decision by the UK Patents Court which held that an artificial neural network in...
find out moreAnalysis of G 1/22 and G 2/22
G1/22 and G2/22: The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal decision on the entitlement to priority The decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in the cases G1/22 and G2/22 concerns the right to cl...
find out moreAbolition of the EPO's "10-Day Notification Rule"
The EPO's "10-day notification rule" will no longer apply to communications issued by the EPO on or after November 1, 2023. For example, if the EPO issues a communication of intension to grant (Ru...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE wins EPO oppositions against DNA sequencing patents
Patents relating to DNA sequencing technology have been subject to several patent disputes in recent years. This includes a series of EPO oppositions against patents owned by Illumina Cambridge Lim...
find out moreWhen does an application fail the controversial new EPO plausibility test?
When does an application fail the controversial new EPO plausibility test European patent attorneys are still grappling with the meaning of the new standard for relying on post-published data for...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE wins at the Global IP Awards 2023
HOFFMANN EITLE wins "Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year" for Germany at the Global IP Awards 2023 presented by IAM and WTR. This awards show recognised the outstanding achievements of law and att...
find out moreHOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/23
Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin a series of articles on a new package of draft EU regulations, with a first article on a draft regulation on st...
find out moreOur response to the proposed new amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA)
The EPO has opened a User Consultation on the proposed new amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA). The amendments seek to support more ambitious timeliness objectives,...
find out moreUPC appoints 21 new Technically Qualified Judges
After its recent declaration regarding the appointment of 21 new technically qualified judges (TQJs), the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has yesterday released a comprehensive roster of these TQJs a...
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