The Trade Secrets Directive – Shh, Don’t Tell Anyone!
Bill Lister discusses 'trade secrets' and their benefits.
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EPO to take a second look at double patenting
The European Patent Convention does not explicitly prohibit double patenting. However, the European Patent Office has, for some time now, prohibited the granting of two patents to the same applicant for the same subject matter.
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Broad Institute CRISPR Patent Decision
The Board of Appeal of the EPO dismissed the Broad Institute’s appeal against the Opposition Division’s previous decision to revoke one of their patents covering CRISPR gene editing technology (EP2771468) on 16 January 2020.
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