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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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Recent Appellate Decision Overturns Revocations of Broad Institute CRISPR-Cas9 Patents

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This past Thursday, the Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office released the minutes of oral proceedings in which the Board rendered a decision in closely watched appeals relating to Broad patents directed to...more

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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Raises Bar for Challenging Priority Claims at the EPO

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Challenges to the validity of the “Patent Cooperation Treaty joint applicant” have been a problem for many applicants at the European Patent Office. On October 10, 2023, the EPO’s highest authority, the Enlarged Board of...more

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Some Much-Needed (Applicant-Friendly) Clarification on Priority Claims at the European Patent Office

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On October 10, 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a consolidated decision in cases G1/22 and G2/22 clarifying a common issue regarding the validity of a priority claim made at the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] C5’s 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe - May 23rd - 24th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Hosted by C5, the 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe returns 23-24 May, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Central Station, Amsterdam with curated programing for you to gain the knowledge and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Broad Institute Loses Appeal in European Patent Office, Patents Remain Revoked

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Earlier this year, and almost one year to the day (January 17, 2019) that the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office revoked in its entirety European Patent No. EP 2771468, the Technical Board of Appeal...more

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Antidote to Toxic Divisionals—European Patent Office Rules on Partial Priorities

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Beginning in 2009, the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office ("EPO") issued a series of decisions that essentially created a new priority law in Europe that allowed members of the same patent family to negate each...more

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“Poisonous Divisionals” Poisoned In The EPO

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For the past few years there has been fear that the law on priority claims in the European Patent Office (EPO) could result in a divisional application becoming prior art against its parent if the divisional application...more

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