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I’ve always been a computer nerd and a hobby programmer.
Studied computer science.
Worked in the automotive industry but realized that I’m less of a tinkerer myself.
Became a patent attorney.
Quickly became a salary partner in one of the most successful IP firms in Europe.
Settled in my own patent law firm to focus exclusively on patents for the digital future.
I’ve compiled a handy checklist for you to figure out if your outside counsel’s software patent draft is any good.
I’ve been working with nothing else than digital patents throughout my career. If your case involves an algorithm or a digital business model, chances are I’ve seen similar cases and have an idea how to hook into the EPO’s framework for computer-implemented inventions.
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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...
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...
Can one patent DeFi in Europe? Well, you can’t patent the idea of providing financial services on public blockchains with smart contracts, because the fact that this enables financial transactions without a central regulatory entity is not a...
One question I get a lot lately is: “Now that we have G1/19, will it be more difficult to get software patents in Europe?” My answer: Probably yes, at least in the short term. Here’s why.
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Yesterday I was searching for an interesting patent to discuss in my next Software Patent Review. When I saw that Google’s DeepMind very recently received a European patent on “Reinforcement learning with pseudo-counts“, I knew the...
Clients ask me all the time why the EPO makes a distinction between innovations in core AI (non-technical) and applied AI (potentially patentable). So I made this video.
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If you wanted to patent the shape of a technical component generated by an AI system, what kind of justification would you need to give for that particular choice of geometry? Do you need to be able to explain why the AI system came to that...
Can you patent a ML model? A unique training algorithm? The output produced by the AI? Find out in this video.
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In this video I explain why a professional approach to patents leaves no room for dogmatic opinions. Link to an example techrights article that cites me.
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In this video I explain the different infringing acts for the different claim categories, and how to draft your claims to take advantage of each of them.
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