Amicus Curiae Brief G1/21

The European Patent Office has been planning to make oral proceedings by videoconference (in the following: video proceedings) the "new normal" even after the end of the current pandemic. In regard...

EPO "Talk innovation" podcast with Joachim Renken

The European Patent Office "Talk innovation" podcast provides current insights to the commercialization of innovations through interviews with experts, patent examiners, inventors and specialists....

Ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement

The German Bundestag adopted with the necessary qualified majority the draft ratification bill including the consent to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). Welcoming the news, EPO Pres...

COVID-19 Update

HOFFMANN EITLE continues to be fully operational. Our systems are safe and reliable and facilitate remote access. We are of course continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely. As a helpful...

G3/19 - Plants/animals by biological process not patentable

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has decided in G 3/19 that the term “essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals” in Article 53(b) EPC is to be understood and applie...

HOFFMANN EITLE welcomes new partner to London office

We are delighted to announce that Toby Simpson has joined HOFFMANN EITLE as a partner. Toby, who is based in our London office, joins us from another top-tier firm, where he was a partner for eigh...

Special Distinction Award for HE - Best IP Advisor: Austria & Germany

HOFFMANN EITLE is pleased to have been recog­nised with the special distinction award in the category Best IP Advisor: Austria and Germany at the Innovation and IP Forum and Awards in Paris on&nbsp...