Revocation

Nullity suits leave large wake at Federal Patent Court

In 2018, the German Federal Patent Court spent an average of almost 27 months processing and ruling on nullity suits. The court's current annual repor ...

30 August 2019 by JUVE

CRISPR/Cas

EPO overturns Broad Institute gene editing patent

It's not going well for the Broad Institute when it comes to CRISPR Cas technology. Last week, the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office r ...

20 February 2019 by JUVE

The Netherlands

Dutch courts see increase in patent revocations over 2018

The District Court and the Courts of Appeal in The Hague, the Netherlands, oversee some of Europe’s most pressing patent cases. One thing, however, ha ...

9 January 2019 by JUVE

Genetically modified plants

Some like it hot

The patent for a novel pepper plant is once again within Syngenta's grasp. The patent had previously been rejected but in the seed company's appeal, t ...

6 December 2018 by JUVE