Category: (EN) Patents
The Technically Qualified Judges at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
General information A chamber of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is composed of both legally and technically qualified judges. The judges should have a...
Patentability of AI – Part 6: Can a training dataset be patentable?
Overview: Three different aspects in context of AI model training are patentable: Generating training data for use in training the AI model; a. Generating [...
Patentability of AI – Part 5: Image data vs. text data – Does the EPO have an (un)justified bias?
Overview: If the invention concerns core AI, emphasize in the patent application that image processing is a primary application, add text processing as secondary...
Patentability of AI – Part 4: Requirements to the disclosure of the AI invention (Art. 83 EPC)
According to Art. 83 EPC, an application shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out...
Patentability of AI – Part 3: Claim directed to technical application field (“Applied AI” / Dimension 2)
Overview: Dimension 2: Claim directed to technical application field (“Applied AI”) Claim features contribute to the technical character of the AI invention, when they [&h...
Patentability of AI – Part 2: Claim directed to specific technical implementation (“Core AI” – Dimension 1)
Overview: Dimension 1: Claim directed to specific technical implementation AI model must be specifically adapted to this technical implementation by: AI design must be...
Patentability of AI – Part 1: General requirements in Europe (EPC / EPO)
In this blog post we will give some insights into the patentability of AI (artificial intelligence) inventions in Europe (according to EPO practice). Can...
Current Status: EU Unitary Patent and UPC
Latest News December 2023: The launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent has been postponed by two months. The reason...
The new Unified Patent Court in detail
Function and architecture of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) In our series on the new Unitary Patent and the new Unified Patent Court (UPC)...
BVMW Seminar “IP-Welt im Wandel” at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER
We are happy to see you at our offices (or via ViCo) at Oberanger 32, Munich for the next BVMW seminar “IP-Welt im Wandel“. The...