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The podcast where patents and AI shape the future. Your host is Bastian Best, the European patent attorney who the EPO calls an "AI Patent Expert". Whether you’re a patent professional, a tech innovator, or just curious, let's go beyond the best practice!
MagicLeap just lost a patent on a biometric information sharing function in their AR headset. The EPO Board of appeal ruled that the patent covered “a mere administrative scheme” rather than a true technical advancement, leading to its complete revokation. In this video, I break down MagicLeap’s patent, the resoning behind the decision, and the lessons we can learn to navigate software patents in Europe.
Links In This Episode:
- MagicLeap’s patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3433707B1
- The decision to revoke the patent: https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t230371eu1
- The EPO Guidelines about presentations of information: https://www.epo.org/en/legal/guidelines-epc/2024/g_ii_3_7.html
- The related case about data privacy vs. data security: https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t121248eu1
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Beyond Best Practice
The podcast where patents and AI shape the future. Your host is Bastian Best, the European patent attorney who the EPO calls an "AI Patent Expert". Whether you’re a patent professional, a tech innovator, or just curious, let's go beyond the best practice!
