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The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

Suzanne Orian and Nicolas Underwood of Cabinet Beau de Loménie outline the key elements from the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal’s long-awaited decision in Case G1/19 On March 10 2021, the EPO’s Enlarged ...

Emotional Perception AI Ltd applied for a UK patent covering an ANN trained to examine and measure the similarities and differences between media files in order to make recommendations to a user of ...

Artificial intelligence may be global, but patent eligibility remains stubbornly local. A recent decision out of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom seems to have nudged UK practice for ...

“Last year, unitary protection… was requested for about 28,000 patents granted by the EPO, representing slightly more than 25% of all EU patents issued in 2024.” On Tuesday, the European Patent Office ...