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AI: USPTO Launches the ASAP! Program
On October 8, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a pilot program based on artificial intelligence:...
by Vincent REMY, on 20 October 2025
Category Archives: Brevet
Analyses
Patent and Sufficiency of Disclosure in France
We present here a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal rendered in April 2024, which, unusually, resulted in...
by Clémence VALLÉE-THIOLLIER, on 01 April 2025
Analyses
A First Decision from the Unified Patent Court on Equivalence Infringement
Equivalence infringement is a fundamental principle in patent law. The local division in The Hague, in the first instance,...
by Xavier MAZABRAUD, on 04 March 2025
Analyses
What Status for a Third Party Intervening in an Appeal Proceedings before the EPO?
The question has been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal, which will examine the case under referral G...
by Myriam ALLAB, on 25 February 2025
Analyses
A YouTube Video as Prior Art (INPI Decision OPP22-0015 of 09.02.2024)
The INPI has ruled that a YouTube video can qualify as prior art opposable to a patent, under certain...
by Priscilla PERIAN, on 21 January 2025
News
Hong Kong is changing its patent law
A standard patent in Hong Kong can now be filed first at the regional patent office. Is the system...
by Vincent REMY, on 26 February 2020
Analyses
Participation of the patent and trademark attorney in the “saisie-contrefaçon” (infringement seizure) confirmed
A client's usual French patent and trademark attorney (Conseil en propriété industrielle) can validly participate in the saisie-contrefaçon, even...
by Jérôme IFAME, on 09 October 2019