There is no global patent, so patents are ultimately subject to national jurisdictions. Different patent offices have different legal provisions and different case law. From my European perspective, I’d say the EPO has a very stable examination framework for digital patents (or computer-implemented inventions, as they are called correctly) – from a birds-eye perspective. This allows...
How can I tell whether my outside patent attorney is competent for digital patents? The question came up during a conversation I had the other day with an in-house patent attorney in a large German corporation in the chemical industry. Here are some indicators I’d look out for: Is the outside patent attorney able to speak to your developers on eye level?Do his/her EP patent application drafts...
In May 2021, I had the pleasure of being invited to St. Petersburg again (this time only virtually, though) to talk about the “Patentability of Artificial Intelligence Inventions in Europe”. For me, one advantage of online conferences is that it’s very easy to make a video recording. On the other hand, I found out that most of my followers actually like their content in...
My partner Peter Hess and I wrote an article for cloudmagazin about patent infringement in the cloud and what cloud providers do to help their customers stay safe.
If you can read German, you can check out the article on cloudmagazin.com.
Readers of my scrapbook will most probably also follow Oliver Randl’s K’s Law, a great blog featuring an almost daily extract from a decision of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO. Fortunately, Oliver has recently been appointed technical member of a Board of Appeal, though this means that his blog will no longer be continued. Oliver’s achievement in case law blogging is remarkable, as K’s Law...
Dies ist ein Abdruck meines Buchbeitrags zu “Perspektive Patentanwalt 2010: Herausforderungen zwischen Technologie und Recht. Berufsbild, Ausbildung, Einstieg, Karrierewege” (e-fellows.net, 3. Auflage, Januar 2010). Während meines Informatikstudiums hatte ich mich nie näher mit dem Beruf Patentanwalt befasst, da mir nicht bewusst war, dass Informatiker dort überhaupt gebraucht werden. Hinzu kam...