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The town of Dieburg is situated on the northern fringe of the Odenwald, an undulating forestry region south of Frankfurt am Main — Germany’s capital of finance. Dieburg (pronounced Dee-boorg), like Frankfurt, is in the state of Hesse in central Germany and has an attractive cobbled marketplace and traditional, period houses. The locals would say it stands out due to its Roman history and community enthusiasm for the annual Carnival celebrations, but compared to neighbouring t

Dapa is a small molecule drug used as a diabetes medication. In July 2025, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales agreed with the first instance decision that the British (GB) dapagliflozin (“dapa“) patent is neither sufficient nor inventive. Subsequently, the Supreme Court refused to hear a second appeal, so the patent has now been cleared from the path and a generic version has already been launched. The GB dapa patent decision has been in the headlines recently in view

Team diversity is more than a “nice to have” The correlation between team diversity and team success is well-established. When people from different backgrounds come together and work under strong leadership, they can approach problems from many angles, leading to smarter, more effective solutions. In teams having a global impact, diversity is even more important and the patent profession is no exception. The international nature of patent law A patent attorney‘s world is, b

So many long limbs! The new Unitary Patent package, which includes the Unified Patent Court (UPC), is a European Union (EU) system. Many EU countries have already joined the UPC — but recently, the court has made rulings about activities that happened outside the EU. Wait… what? How can it do that? What gives the UPC the right to reach across borders like this? The basics: patents are territorial Any conscientious patent practitioner knows the golden rule: patents are nationa