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I was invited to speak about "Patents for AI inventions in Europe" at the 6th International Conference "Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" in St. Petersburg (Russia). Here's a recording of my talk. You'll learn about the status quo of how the EPO examines computer-implemented inventions (CIIs) that involve artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and related concepts, and some useful tips for better AI patent drafting.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Conference website: https://bwforum.ru/conference/intellectual-property2021
• My brand new website: https://bastianbest.de/

👉 VIDEO version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bastianbest

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The future is digital, but the European patent system was created with physical inventions in mind. Join me as I explore the possibilities and limits of the European patent system for digital innovations, sharing my first-hand insights and practical tips along the way. 

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Hi👋! I’m Bastian Best, a European patent attorney who helps companies make sense of patents in the digital transformation.

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*** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***

Last week, the Enlarged Board of Appeal finally published its long-awaited decision G1/19 about the patentability of computer simulations. Does it revolutionize the patentability of computer simulations and patents for software in general, as some had hoped? Or is it rather a controlled evolution of the EPO's framework for computer-implemented inventions? 

To find out I talked to a number of great experts in the field:

• Rudolf Teschemacher: https://www.bardehle.com/en/team/teschemacher-rudolf
• Martin Wilming: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwilming/
• Martin Huynh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-huynh-455ab57/
• Martin Schweiger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-schweiger/
• Christof Karl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christof-karl-1a129320/

Many thanks to everyone for contributing!

Link to the whole decision G1/19: https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g190001ex1.html

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Our mission is to provide the busy software patent enthusiast with concise and actionable summaries of virtually all EPO Board of Appeal decisions that concern computer-implemented inventions. NEW ENTRY EVERY TUESDAY: 

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I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney who builds patent portfolios for digital innovations. People tell me I’m also an enthusiastic educator, speaker and workshop host. Sharing my knowledge is among my true passions. I work for a global clientele out of my hometown Munich, Germany.

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• Personal website: http://bastianbest.org/

*** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***

An invention has to be novel to be patentable. But does any difference over the prior art do the job (e.g. a purely aesthetic one) or does it have to be technically relevant? 

This is a recorded Clubhouse event I hosted with my colleague Patrick Heckeler 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-patrick-heckeler/  

Shout-outs go to the panelists who spontaneously made great contributions:

Martin Wilming 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwilming/

Barış Atalay 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-atalay-86a14a22/

Preston Richard 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonrichard/

Next European Software Patents Talk on clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/mJzA6Rzo

Watch the video version on YouTube 👉 https://bastianbest.org/podcast

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Article "Checking whether a resource is likely to be available when a corresponding request is serviced: non-technical": https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/checking-whether-a-resource-is-likely-to-be-available-when-a-corresponding-request-is-serviced-non-technical/

T 0552/14 (Queue message/TICKETMASTER): https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t140552eu1.html

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THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE PATENTS KNOWLEDGE BASE

Our mission is to provide the busy software patent enthusiast with concise and actionable summaries of virtually all EPO Board of Appeal decisions that concern computer-implemented inventions. NEW ENTRY EVERY TUESDAY: 

👉  http://www.europeansoftwarepatents.com

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If you want the announcements and thoughts I don’t post publicly, such as private recordings of my talks and seminars, workshop materials, and the like, get on my private email list:

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ABOUT ME

I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney who builds patent portfolios for digital innovations. People tell me I’m also an enthusiastic educator, speaker and workshop host. Sharing my knowledge is among my true passions. I work for a global clientele out of my hometown Munich, Germany.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastianbest/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bastianbest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastianbest/

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: https://www.bardehle.com/team/detail/best-bastian.html

Personal website: http://bastianbest.org/

*** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***

What types of inventions in database technology are patentable in Europe? The EPO guidelines will be updated on 1 March 2021 with a new section specifically on database management systems and information retrieval. In this episode I will walk you through the final draft of the new section to see how clear the guidance is.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

G-II, 3.6.4 "Database management systems and information retrieval" (Unedited English version for advance information): https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/guidelines/guidelines-preview.html

The two BOA decisions cited in the new section:

T 1924/17: https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/using-a-nosql-data-store-and-an-rdbms-to-provide-performance-improvement-in-a-database-system-technical/

T 697/17: https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/sql-language-extensions-for-modifying-columns-in-a-single-statement-technical/

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THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE PATENTS KNOWLEDGE BASE

Our mission is to provide the busy software patent enthusiast with concise and actionable summaries of virtually all EPO Board of Appeal decisions that concern computer-implemented inventions. NEW ENTRY EVERY TUESDAY: 

▶▶▶ http://www.europeansoftwarepatents.com ◀◀◀

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MY PRIVATE EMAIL LIST

If you want the announcements and thoughts I don’t post publicly, such as private recordings of my talks and seminars, workshop materials, and the like, get on my private email list:

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ABOUT ME

I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney who builds patent portfolios for digital innovations. People tell me I’m also an enthusiastic educator, speaker and workshop host. Sharing my knowledge is among my true passions. I work for a global clientele out of my hometown Munich, Germany.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastianbest/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bastianbest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastianbest/

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: https://www.bardehle.com/team/detail/best-bastian.html

Personal website: http://bastianbest.org/

*** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***

Basic groundwork today. We're going through 10 EPO Board of Appeal decisions which relate to AI inventions. Topics include technical character, clarity, obviousness and sufficiency of disclosure.

Watch the video version on YouTube 👉 https://bastianbest.org/podcast

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

1. T 1942/07 of 11.4.2011 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t071942du1.html

2. T 1355/08 of 11.6.2012 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t081355eu1.html

3. T 1784/06 (Classification method/COMPTEL) of 21.9.2012 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/method-for-classification-and-linking-data-records/

4. T 1510/10 (Ranking of live web applications/ERICSSON) of 4.12.2013 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t101510eu1.html

5. T 1285/10 (Genetic analysis computing system/IRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 23.5.2014 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t101285eu1.html

6. T 1358/09 (Classification/BDGB ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE) of 21.11.2014 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/classification-of-text-documents/

7. T 1286/09 (Image classifier/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES) of 11.6.2015 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/improving-image-classification-by-training-a-semantic-classifier-technical/

8. T 0022/12 (Spam classification/MICROSOFT) of 16.11.2015 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t120022eu1.html

9. T 0509/18 of 3.3.2020 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/machine-learning-based-driver-alertness-detection-insufficiently-disclosed/

10. T 0161/18 (Äquivalenter Aortendruck/ARC SEIBERSDORF) of 12.5.2020 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/training-of-an-artificial-neural-network/ + video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFmVlnENek

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THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE PATENTS KNOWLEDGE BASE

Our mission is to provide the busy software patent enthusiast with concise and actionable summaries of virtually all EPO Board of Appeal decisions that concern computer-implemented inventions. NEW ENTRY EVERY TUESDAY: 

▶▶▶ http://www.europeansoftwarepatents.com ◀◀◀

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MY PRIVATE EMAIL LIST

If you want the announcements and thoughts I don’t post publicly, such as private recordings of my talks and seminars, workshop materials, and the like, get on my private email list:

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ABOUT ME

I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney who builds patent portfolios for digital innovations. People tell me I’m also an enthusiastic educator, speaker and workshop host. Sharing my knowledge is among my true passions. I work for a global clientele out of my hometown Munich, Germany.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastianbest/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bastianbest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastianbest/

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: https://www.bardehle.com/team/detail/best-bastian.html

Personal website: http://bastianbest.org/

*** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***