Table of Contents

Introduction

• Cover 1 | 2024
• Table of Content
• Editorial
• Note from the CEC: By-elections epi committees
• epi Artists Exhibition 2024
• Women and IP – the long road to equality

Case Law

• One year after G 2/21: where do we stand today?
• Reliance on a purported technical effect for inventive step – Quo vadis “plausibility” after G 2/21?

Patent practice

• epi Position Paper on New Genomic Technique (NGT) Plant Patenting Proposal of the European Parliament
• Fee-related support measures for small entities
• Some thoughts on the Disciplinary System of the European Patent Organisation

Education

• epi Educational Trainings and Events
• epi Student membership
• epi Equivalence Seminar
• Report from epi Tutors’ Meeting
• EQE Main examination training courses in Maastricht
• CEIPI preparation courses for the European Qualifying Examination 2025

Committee Reports

• Report of the Litigation Committee
• Report of the Committee on Biotechnological Inventions
• Report of the Harmonisation Committee
• Report of the IP Commercialization Committee

General Information

• Contact Data of EPO Legal Division
• Next Board and Council Meetings
• Next deadline for epi Information
• Cover Art: Markus Böckhorst
• Imprint
• Council Members 2023-2026
• Council Members 2020-2023
• Board Members
• Presidium
• Auditors
• Disciplinary Committee
• By-Laws Committe
• Editorial Committee
• epi-Finances Committee
• EPO Finances Committee
• Online Communication Committee
• Harmonisation Committee
• Committee on Biotechnological Invention
• Professional Conduct Committee
• European Patent Practice Committee
• Professional Education Committee
• Litigation Committee
• Electoral Committee
• Nominations Committee
• epi Studentship Admissions Committee
• IP Commercialization Committee
• Committees Election Committee
• Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)