In a world of startups and innovation, Canadian companies are used to uncertainty — whether it’s getting the money they need to grow, wondering if the technology they are developing stands the tests ...

The ability to solve complex problems effectively has become a defining factor for success. Yet, despite the abundance of tools and methodologies available, I've noticed organizations often struggle ...

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued new guidelines for reviewing patent applications, moving from the “problem-solution” approach it had been using to the “purposive construction” ...

Dutch e-cigarette manufacturer NJOY attacked a patent held by its competitor VMR Products, a subsidiary of Juul Labs. The challenged patent (EP 3 626 092, “EP’092”) related to an electronic cigarette, ...

Jakob Pade Frederiksen of Inspicos highlights how a recent ruling relating to the applicable standard for inventive step assessment diverges from the EPO’s problem-solution approach On November 25 ...

The UPC Court of Appeal has now provided clear guidance on how the UPC should determine whether a patent involves an inventive step. This endorses the “holistic” approach, establishing what the ...

“The CD did not set out any alternative methodology for assessing inventive step, but it explicitly disapproved of the ‘closest prior art’ approach and thereby implicitly rejected the ...

Lawyers at Lavoix provide an overview of the UPC’s approach to inventive step and whether the forum is promoting its own approach rather than following the EPO In patent litigation in Europe, validity ...