Happy New Year and join us March 2025 in our London Office for a presentation

Join us in March 2025 for a presentation and discussion on claim formulations that designed to work under the patent laws of the United States and the patent laws of the major European jurisdictions. U.S. patent laws and the law of the EPC vary in important ways. Perhaps even more importantly, the practice and tradition of claim “drafting” in the U.S. is notably different from the practice and tradition of claim “formulation” of the European practice. There are several reasons for the differences in practice. The first reason is well known and it arises from the unsettled law in the United States about what is patentable subject matter. This issue is not just complex legally, but also procedurally as any real solution to this unsettled law will require legislative action. As such, alternate drafting techniques may be insufficient to address this issue. However, for inventions in areas of electronics, mechanical devices, and medical devices, the key difference in practice arises largely from the lower priority that the U.S. patent practice places on the “technical effect” of the invention and the heightened priority the U.S. patent practice places on drafting to avoid the prior art. This difference can be addressed and we will discuss this issue in some detail this March 2025. There is a limited number of seats for meeting in person at our London Office and if needed we will provide a Zoom link for others who cannot join in person to join us on-line. Please be on the lookout for invitations being emailed with the date and time for this presentation.