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AI gets welcome EPO guidelines debut

The latest version of the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination, valid from 1 November 2018, contains, for the first time, direct guidance on the patentability of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

LEGAL UPDATE

CJEU confirms SPC ineligibility for medical device authorisations

On 25 October 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a judgment in Boston Scientific (C-527/17) concerning Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products in the context of medical devices.
 

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Taking the temperature of patent trends in wind turbine technology

Like any evolving industry, the wind power sector has seen a spike in technological advancements in the past decade, with rival companies engaged in a race to patent innovations in different or overlapping areas of technology to gain a competitive advantage.