Watch European patent attorney Bastian Best explain everything he knows about digital patents.
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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The European Patent Office (EPO) has a stable and structured approach to patenting computer-implemented inventions. But how do AI/ML inventions fit in? Find out in this recording of my talk at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) Annual Conference 2021: YouTube Many thanks to Alex Pokot for hosting the panel, to my co-panelists Kenny Ko and Tatsuya Sawada, and to David Stein...
In this video I explain why cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and FinTech in general is so interesting from a patent attorney prespective. I also give examples of what’s patentable and what’s not.
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One of the classic questions, which came up once more during an in-house inventor training I was giving the other day. In this video I make the case for software patents and explain why copyright does not protect software inventions at all.
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In this video I explain that the prior art is no different for a software patent as compared to any other type of patent. But there is one important difference when it comes to the validity of a (European) software patent, namely the slightly different legal frameworks at the EPO and in Germany.
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Many think software patent infringement is difficult or even impossible to detect from the outside. In this video I talk about three ways to make sure your software patent is enforceable. I also explain why the inherent “fuzzyness” of software inventions is actually an advantage.
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