Maiwald blog articles
Why artificial intelligence should be a legal entity
The Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office recently confirmed in the merged proceedings J 8/20 and J 9/20 that the inventor named in a patent application must be ...
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EPC, UPCA: First impacts of the start of the UPCA provisional application period on EPO proceedings
In view of the forthcoming introduction of the Unitary Patent, the European Patent Office (EPO) has now declared that it will allow requesting a delayed grant and early reques...
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Unitary Patent System: Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) starts
On January 18th, Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification on the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application as the thirteenth m...
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Patent: Suspension of Infringement Proceedings in the Case of (Future) Nullity Suit
Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, order of 22 September 2021, Case No. I-2 W 17/21 – Suspension standard ...
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Possible Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the Applicability of the “Joint Applicants Approach” (T 1513/17)
Whether a Euro-PCT application validly claims the priority of an ea...
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Interest in Legal Protection for a Nullity Action – Part 4
Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 11 August 2021, ref. no. X ZR 96/18 This series of articles deals with the most rece...
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