by Sean Hughes | May 11, 2026 | EPO
Sequence Identity Claims After T 0137/24 The recent Board of Appeal decision in T 0137/24 provides useful guidance on how sequence identity claims are assessed under the EPC, particularly in relation to added matter and sufficiency. Biotech sequence-related claims are...
by Alyson Lam | Apr 29, 2026 | EPO
Summary of T 439/22 This decision represents a further development of the earlier T 439/22 proceedings, which led to the G1/24 referral to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA). The decision of the EBA was reported in our previous article. To recap, granted claim 1...
by Juliette Boynton | Apr 14, 2026 | UK
Nadorcott is a well-known and successful variety of mandarin that was originally bred in Morocco. It is the subject of a Plant Breeders’ Right in several countries, including the UK, owned by Nador Cott Protection SAS (NCP). Tang Gold (also known as Tango) is...
by Sean Hutchinson | Apr 7, 2026 | US & International
Background: PGR and IPR Patent offices around the world strive to grant valid patents, but sometimes cases slip through the net and proceed to grant when they shouldn’t have. For this reason, many patent offices provide mechanisms for third parties to challenge their...
by Agne Augustinaite | Apr 2, 2026 | Designs & Copyright
Background The applicant Kct GmbH & Co. KG filed an application for a motion mark depicting the opening and closing of a window, as depicted below. The EUIPO rejected the application for lack of distinctiveness, and the Board of Appeal upheld that decision,...
by Juliette Boynton | Mar 11, 2026 | Trademarks, UK
A few months after the registration was granted, Dairy UK Ltd, the trade association for the UK dairy industry, filed a declaration for invalidity under the Trade Marks Act 1994, Section 3(4), which states:- “A trade mark shall not be registered if or to the...
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