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Heart valve technology

EPO and UPC align in decision to uphold Edwards Lifesciences' heart valve patent

Following a recent decision of the UPC, the EPO has now also upheld an important patent in the series of proceedings concerning heart valves between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril Life Science.

4 November 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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The Unified Patent Court and the new economics of enforcement

Two years after opening its doors, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is transforming both European patent litigation and the financial structures behind ...

19 November 2025 by Burford Capital
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Blockbuster drug

Novo Nordisk and D Young defend crucial patent for tablet form of semaglutide

The European Patent Office has upheld a patent owned by Novo Nordisk. The patent is one of several intellectual property rights related to the diabete ...

20 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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Renewable energy

First success for Chint in solar tech case as EPO revokes JingAo Solar patent

The Opposition Division at the European Patent Office has revoked a patent at the centre of a dispute between Chinese solar panel manufacturers Chint ...

17 October 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G2/24: EBA brings skin-cleanser dispute to an end

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has ruled that a subsequently filed appeal cannot prolong an opposition against a European patent if the main appellant h ...

26 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos
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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/23: If it is public, it is prior art

A product made publicly available before a patent's filing date cannot be excluded from prior art simply because its composition or structure could no ...

8 July 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/24: Enlarged Board of Appeal harmonises EPO and UPC legislation

When assessing the patentability of an invention, the description and drawings of an application must be considered to interpret the claims. With this ...

24 June 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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mRNA technology

Graf von Stosch scores wins for CureVac in EPO oppositions

In the extensive dispute over mRNA patents, CureVac has achieved a victory at the European Patent Office. The Opposition Division upheld two important ...

21 May 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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Pharmaceuticals

EPO and UPC disagree on validity of Amgen's patent for cholesterol drug

The EPO Opposition Division has rejected a challenge by Sanofi and Regeneron against a key patent covering Amgen’s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha. ...

15 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos
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Medical devices

Epic battle over heart valves continues as EPO revokes two Edwards patents

The EPO Boards of Appeal have revoked two divisional patents belonging to Edwards Lifesciences' heart valve portfolio. This latest development comes a ...

4 April 2025 by Mathieu Klos
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European Patent Office

EPO statistics show surge in Unitary Patents

Demand for European patents with unitary effect is rising across Europe, even as total patent applications at the European Patent Office showed a slig ...

26 March 2025 by Mathieu Klos
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CRISPR/Cas

Swerving the matter of granting genetic scissor patents at the EPO

This autumn, the EPO Boards of Appeal were supposed to issue landmark decisions in the battle for the basic patents on CRISPR/Cas9 technology. But the ...

28 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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Blockbuster drug

Generic drug companies attack Novo Nordisk's diabetes and weight-loss drug

The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office have revoked two patents belonging to Novo Nordisk that are important for the administration of the ...

11 October 2024 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
Interview

Malte Köllner: "You can file a patent application on an AI-assisted invention"

Artificial intelligence cannot be an inventor. The Federal Court of Justice recently decided this for Germany. The court nevertheless allowed the appl ...

25 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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Opinion

"UPC pulls ripcord on CMS in time, but proximity to the EPO is questionable"

Last Friday the UPC declared it was to cooperate with the EPO on IT matters. Most importantly, it announced the development of a new case management s ...

24 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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PAEs from the U.S are spreading to Europe, with eight out of the top ten most active NPEs in Europe being US-based companies. One in every seven infri ...

13 June 2024 by Unified Patents, LLC
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