Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its judgement in Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. and if the judgement stands, it may offer diagnostic companies a new way of navigating 35 U.S.C. § 101 – by way of...
In this case, the Technical Board of Appeal has confirmed that claims directed to new uses of known non-medical products may be patentable and have clarified the approach that should be taken when assessing the novelty of such claims. Claim 1 of EP 1 865 998 is for...
The Invention The invention in this case relates to drive shafts in automobiles (U.S. Patent 7,774,911; “‘911 patent”). Vibration in drive shafts is a known problem and methods have been devised to address this. Such methods include using drive shaft...
Background Sky is a well-known telecommunications company which provides television and broadband Internet services as well as telephone services to consumers and businesses both in the UK and overseas. Sky owns a number of trade mark registrations for the word...
In a pair of Decisions that seems very likely to be appealed, the EPO has stated that the requirements for an inventor can only be fulfilled by a natural person. The naming of the inventor protects their rights associated with the invention, including their right to...
Division was held to be enough for remittal to be ordered. T 688/16 T 688/16 relates to an appeal of the Decision of an Opposition Division to revoke EP2053959, a patent related to a method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank...
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