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A preliminary view (G 1/23) from the European Patent Office may push technology businesses in all fields to re-evaluate their commercial planning and IP strategies.

Let’s take a dive into the innovative anti-fouling technologies designed to make our ships cleaner and greener.

Currently, the emissions produced by the shipping industry are the same as the aviation industry. Put into context, this is roughly equivalent to the entire output of Germany. More worryingly, this set to rise along with increasing demand for global merchant shipping.

Judge Brinkman at the Unified Patents Court (“UPC”) has recently handed down a decision on the patentability of a mushroom strain and provided interesting jurisprudence on interim injunctions, delays, and “genetic identity”.

On the basis of two new cases from the US courts, we have, as a follow-up on our previous article on health-washing, dived into current EU practice to shed light on misleading health claims in the confectionery industry.

Shipping produces nearly 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. While this is about seven times less than emissions from road transport, in the current climate crisis it is still nearly 2% too much.