Case No. O2017_002 | Decision of 8 May 2020 » | ‘Freiform-Schneidverfahren’
We have reported about the main hearing on this Blog here ». → Read more ...
Of course I am in shape: Round is a shape …
The final curtain for the complaint re heavy vehicle charges?
Case No. 4A_222/2020 (Supreme Court) | Decision of 16 June 2020 on appeal against O2017_025 | Order of 10 March 2020
This case pops up once in a while. → Read more ...
No cherry-picking: Supreme Court endorses EPO case-law re singling out
Case No. 4A_613/2019 (Supreme Court) | Decision of 11 May 2020 on appeal against O2017_009 (FPC) | Decision of 7 November 2019
MundiPharma’s EP(CH) 2 425 821 B1 and EP(CH) 2 425 824 B1 had been revoked by the FPC with decision of 7 November 2019; O2017_009. → Read more ...
Hearing in G1/19 re computer-implemented simulation
The hearing in case G1/19 took place today.
The decision of the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal will undoubtedly be of outstanding relevance for a whole (service) industry with respect to access to adequate patent protection at the EPO. → Read more ...
Blockchain infringement case at the FPC
Apparently, the FPC had (or, maybe, still has) to deal with a blockchain patent infringement case. From the hot off the press IAM Patent 1000 guide that I have received earlier today (not yet available online) and this source, → Read more ...
Late stage partial waiver of a patent: No appropriate ways to deal with them?!
Case No. 4A_420/2019 (Supreme Court) | Decision of 13 May 2020 on appeal against O2016_001 | Decision of 27 June 2019
We had reported about the decision of the FPC on this Blog here. → Read more ...
Fulvestrant, again
Case No. O2017_014 | Decision of 10 March 2020 | ‘Fulvestrant use’
When you have read the report about the main hearing of 20 January 2020 on this Blog here, you probably won’t be overly surprised by the outcome: AZ’s complaint has been dismissed. → Read more ...
A flow sensor in limbo: Up, and down. Up, and … – down or done?
Case No. O2019_008 | Decision of 17 December 2019, on remittal of 4A_70/2019 | Decision of 6 August 2019 | ‘Flow sensor II’
The flow sensor litigation between Hamilton Medical and imtmedical is popping up once in a while. → Read more ...
No April Fool’s joke: A hard move to videoconferencing at the EPO
I guess most of us have implemented certain changes to business procedures, due to the Covid-19 crisis. There is certainly some truth in the following ‘multiple choice questionnaire’ which I have recently seen first on Twitter (@MBA_ish):
Challenging times demand for creative solutions. → Read more ...
How many deaths can one die?
Case No. O2017_015 | Decision of 7 November 2019 | ‘Rame ferroviaire modulaire’
The patent at stake in this infringement case is Alstom‘s EP 1 024 070 B1; see EPO Register and Swissreg for further bibliographic information. → Read more ...
The Federal Patent Court’s Annual Report 2019
The official Annual Report 2019 of the FPC has been published yesterday. It comes along with an Executive Summary as follows:
→ Read more ...The number of incoming cases fell compared to the previous year to 21 (29 in the previous year).
How to interpret expressions stating a purpose in a patent claim
Case No. O2018_017 | Decision of 31 January 2020
F.J. Aschwanden on the one hand, and acG Holding (Anita and Clément Gutzwiller) and Andreas (André) Robert on the other hand are litigating over validity of EP 2 475 827 in Switzerland. → Read more ...