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Percentage Identity and Biotechnological Patents: The Battle Over the Scope of Protection

By Ana Herrera Arroyo, head of Patents, Technological Development and Innovation at PONS IP In modern biotechnology, few issues generate as much debate during patent prosecution and validity proceedings as claims directed to biological sequences defined by percentage identity. For...

28 July 2026

Transparency in AI Use Is Now a Legal Obligation: What Businesses Need to Do to Comply

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become embedded across business functions such as marketing, communications, customer service, human resources and innovation. However, the deployment of these technologies within organisations is now entering a new regulatory phase in Europe. From 2 August 2026,...

9 July 2026

PONS IP reinforces the defence of the Bullpadel trade mark before the EU General Court

The General Court annuls the EUIPO decision after finding an error in the global assessment of the likelihood of confusion between the BLUE PADEL and Bullpadel marks, as it failed to properly take into account that some of the goods...

8 July 2026

Investment in the intangible economy is on the rise: 10 trillion dollars by 2025, according to WIPO

Investment in intangible assets has grown more than three times faster than investment in physical assets since 2008, according to WIPO’s latest report The global economy has reached a historic turning point. For the first time, investment in intangible assets...

1 July 2026

New Rules for Designs in the EU: The Second Phase of the Reform Enters into Force

With the implementation of the second phase of the reform on 1 July 2026, the process of updating the European design protection framework comes to an end. The reform has been aimed at adapting the system to current market needs...

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