Big Data, Big Problem?
Parminder Lally looks at the issues that in-house attorneys may need to consider when dealing with AI.
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Key Points: computing Inventions in Europe
Ian Robinson provides an important update on patent eligibility in Europe for computing-related inventions, including the latest announcements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
Read more Can artificial intelligence match human intelligence?
Julia Gwilt and Parminder Lally attended the Cambridge Wireless event on "Narrowing the Intelligence Gap", hosted at Amazon's site in Cambridge. The event featured an excellent talk by Neil Lawrence (IPC Machine Learning at Amazon and Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Sheffield) on whether the latest AI is "more human".
Read more PCT Direct – Fast forward to positive PCT outcomes
Ithel Jones examines the value of using the PCT Direct service offered by the European Patent Office.
Read more Problematic Priorities
In the last few months, the European Patent Office has decided that the priority claim of a number of pending patent applications and granted patents was invalid. In this article, Parminder Lally looks at the reasons behind these decisions and the consequences, and provides tips on how to avoid priority issues on your own patent applications.
Read more Further uncertainty for biotech/agritech patent applicants
Are products exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes patentable at the EPO?
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Patenting Mobile Apps
Richard Bray and Samuel Bird discuss the patentability of mobile apps.
Read more Eli Lilly v Genentech
Eli Lilly v Genentech: the question of SPCs based on third party MAs is referred to the CJEU.
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Patentability of products obtained from biological processes
After years of controversy, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the EPO has recently decided that products obtained by essentially biological processes can be patent protected (T1063/18).
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Missing the target with functional claim language
What’s the problem with ‘functional limitations’?
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New Guidance on Patent Eligibility in the USA
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced revised guidelines for evaluating patent applications for subject-matter eligibility. The new guidance took effect from 7 January 2019, with the aim of helping the 8,500 patent examiners and administrative patent judges at the USPTO make clear and consistent decisions concerning inventions which are on the borderline of the patent system.
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