In its Opinion 1/09 of March 8, 2011, the European Court of Justice has answered a request of the Council of the European Union concerning the planned European Patent Court. In this Opinion the European...

The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) has recently issued the decision X ZR 47/07 – "Display of topographic information" ("Wiedergabe topographischer Informationen") regarding...

The European Patent Convention (EPC) excludes from patentability essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals provided that this provision does not apply to microbiological...