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The UK Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents [2026] UKSC 3, clarifying the patentability of artificial intelligence and computer-implemented inventions in the United Kingdom.

In a claim directed to a product for use in a medical treatment, the therapeutic effect is considered a functional, technical feature of the claim.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) issued its much-awaited decision on case G1/24 yesterday (18 June 2025).

In a fascinating development of post-G 2/21 case law, decisions T0314/20 and T1525/19 reach opposite conclusions on near-identical subject-matter when considering whether post-published data can be used to support a technical effect.