Joint symposium with Oblon in Tokyo on May 20, 2025

The The Oblon and Maiwald firms were pleased to host a complimentary joint international symposium on: U.S. and European Patent Practice: Important Aspects for Practitioners

At the 2025 joint symposium, selected current aspects of protecting innovations in the U.S. and Europe were examined, considering both pre- and post-grant perspectives.

In particular, the symposium addressed the following important topics for practitioners:

• News from the Unified Patent Court: Overview of recent case law
• Machine learning model deployment invention – a case study
• EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decision on prior art status of commercial products – G 1/23
• U.S. practice regarding beta versions of software as prior art and the U.S. perspective on G 1/23-like cases
• Open-ended ranges and parameters at the EPO – is the claim reproducible or not?
• Claiming and disclosing open-ended ranges from the U.S. perspective

Additional information was made available in the official announcements at:
https://www.oblon.com/joint-symposium-on-us-and-european-patent-practice-important-aspects-for-practitioners-spring-2025

Presentations were held in Japanese or English, with translation from English into Japanese provided. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres were served at a casual reception following the symposium.