HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 03/24

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, liebe Freunde, In dieser Ausgabe des Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly setzen wir unsere Artikelserie über das neue Paket von EU-Verordnungsentwürfen fort. Der erste...

Burden of Proof on Sufficiency of Disclosure – Does it automatically shift between instances at the EPO?

Sufficiency of disclosure or the lack thereof is a ground of opposition before the EPO and thus often one major battleground in EPO opposition proceedings, in particular for patents where compositi...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/23

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, liebe Freunde, in dieser Ausgabe des Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly beginnen wir mit der Erörterung einer bahnbrechenden Entscheidung des britischen Patentgerichts...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/23

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we begin a series of articles on a new package of draft EU regulations, with a first article on a draft regulation on st...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 6/23

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we first look at how computer-implemented inventions in the field of mechanical engineering and applied physics can be p...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 3/23

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this first issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly for 2023, we begin by concluding our four-part series on the patenting of computer-implemented inventions and artif...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 12/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions and artificial intelligence...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 9/22

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly, we continue with our series of articles addressing patenting computer-implemented inventions (CII) and artificial intell...

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...