AGM and elections to Council
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
July-August 2024 / Volume 53 / Number 7-8
Featured
Protective letters – the first line of defence against preliminary measures at the UPC
A protective letter can be an effective tool to discourage an applicant from pursing an application for a preliminary injunction. However, it needs to be prepared carefully and thoughtfully, and…
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First UPC Court of Appeal order on a stay
In a UPC first, the Court of Appeal has issued an order regarding the granting of stays. The Court sets out a prevailing principle that stay requests will not be…
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Well folks – ANNs are now back to being computer programs per se!
Following the Emotional Perception decision, did the IPO miss an opportunity to clarify its guidelines for examining AI and artificial neural network implemented inventions? And what takeaways can we learn…
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Can AI tools be used to help assess inventive?
Rose Hughes (Student) responds to Rachel Free’s article, ‘Using AI tools to help assess inventive step’, from the May issue of the Journal. This article is adapted from an IPKat…
News
Substantive Patent Law Harmonisation
CIPA consultation response
Action needed to continue using EPO Online Filing
IPO Update
Manual of Patent Practice
IPO update
Emotional Perception decision
IPO update
SPC review
Review of Supplementary Protection Certificate decisions – Part 1
Daniel Wise, Fergus Tyrrell
Combinations of active ingredients, legal provisions, and pending referrals
Fergus Tyrrell
The Court of Appeal takes a tight line on SPCs for loose combinations
Hannah Brown, Adam Ellwood, Paul Kaufman
What does it take to be an ‘active ingredient’?
Rhodri Hopes , David Holland
European parliament approves new SPC regulations
Oliver Williams, Paul Kaufman
Other articles
Can AI tools be used to help assess inventive?
Rose Hughes
First UPC Court of Appeal order on a stay
Conor Wilman
Protective letters – the first line of defence against preliminary measures at the UPC
Sean Jauss and Matthew Naylor
Well folks – ANNs are now back to being computer programs per se!
Coreena Brinck
USPTO: The impact of the proliferation of artificial intelligence on prior art
Finnegan
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener
UK IPO decisions
David Pearce
EPO decisions
Bristows
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
EIP
Unified Patent Court extra reporting
Khushbu Solanki
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird
Education
PEB consultation on proposed changes to the final diploma examinations
Patent Examination Board
Yellow Sheet
Informals Committee
CIPA Student Induction Day
Paralegals
The European Patent Administration Certification – webinar report
Lucie Jones
Romania Joins the UPC
Annemarie Parsons
IP Paralegal Conference
Personal
Obituary: Andrée Zena Jones (née Morris)
David Jones
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster
Correction
CIPA