Patentability in information and communications technology

New technologies and the patent system

• New technologies and the patent system

  • Sélectionner l’activité Recorded lecture: Videogaming and IP: how to play the game

    

    Recorded lecture: Videogaming and IP: how to play the game Page

    
    

    Behind every video game, there is an intricate bundle of technical and non-technical IP rights. Against the background of a rapidly evolving design, development and commercialisation landscape, identifying what to protect and how to protect it can be something of a challenge.

    The lecture features Stephan Hanne from the EUIPO's International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department and Peter Verhoef from the European Patent Office. It is moderated by Alejandro Flores-Jiménez from the European Patent Academy of the EPO and Claire Duranton from the EUIPO Academy.

  • Sélectionner l’activité Recorded lecture: Interacting with Devices in the Digital Era: Protecting the IP from the EPO and EUIPO perspectives

    

    Recorded lecture: Interacting with Devices in the Digital Era: Protecting the IP from the EPO and EUIPO perspectives Page

    
    

    The speed of digital change has brought about a rise in innovative solutions for human-machine interfaces (HMI) and the need to protect them through IP rights. Depending on the nature of the solution, either a patent or a design might be better suited to grant IP protection. In this lecture, EPO and EUIPO experts discuss on whether patents, designs or both may assist you in protecting your innovation. The examples shown by the EPO expert are based on the following decisions: T 1567/05, T 125/04 and T 95/11.

  • Sélectionner l’activité Recorded event: Patenting Blockchain

    

    Recorded event: Patenting Blockchain URL

    
    

    On 4 December 2018 the EPO hosted as the first major patent office a conference entitled  “Patenting Blockchain”, an event designed to open a discussion around the impact of Blockchain on the patent system. The conference provided a unique opportunity for open exchanges of views and for raising awareness on the technology itself and its many possible fields of application, on how patent offices such as the EPO and CNIPA (China) search and examine the patent applications, the role of open source and possible future considerations for litigation.