HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 6/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this year's second issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin a series of articles on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) at the EPO. The se...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 3/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this first issue of Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly for 2022, we begin by concluding our two-part series on the Rules of Procedure of the EPO Boards of Appeal (RPBA) with...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/21

Dear Colleagues and Friends, This issue of Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly begins with a review of some of the legal provisions of the EPO's Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA), two years a...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/21

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin with an article that revisits the recurring issue of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, whose ent...

New Rule 19 EPC

Changes in the designation of the inventor at the European Patent Office As of April 1st 2021, Rule 19 EPC, which regulates the designation of the inventor, will be changed. Most notably, paragrap...

Euro Law Conference - Asia 2021 (virtual event)

MIP host the third biennial MIP Euro Law Conference on January 20 and 21. We are pleased to announce that Hoffmann Eitle will be the cooperation partner of the conference. At the virtual event, ke...

Euro Law Conference - USA 2021 (virtual event)

MIP host the third biennial MIP Euro Law Conference on January 18 and 19. We are pleased to announce that Hoffmann Eitle will be the cooperation partner of the conference. At the virtual event, key...

US and European Patent Practice - A Comparison

We are pleased to announce the publication of a series of articles comparing US and European patent practice in the life sciences sector. The articles, which have been written in collaboration with...

Unwired Planet v Huawei - UK Supreme Court decision on FRAND Licensing for SEPs

UK Supreme Court decision on FRAND Licensing for SEPs The UK Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgment in Unwired Planet v Huawei ([2020] UKSC 37) with significant repercussions in the fie...

How CJEU Santen is expected to shape landscape of patent extensions by SPCs

The Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU’s) recently rendered Judgment in Santen v INPI (C-673/18) is expected to shape the landscape of patent extensions by Supplementary Protection Cert...