EPO Patent Opposition: Why Companies Use Strawman Limited
Ever wondered how a company can challenge a rival’s patent without anyone ever finding out who really did it? Meet the company that makes it possible. Patents are meant to…
Ever wondered how a company can challenge a rival’s patent without anyone ever finding out who really did it? Meet the company that makes it possible. Patents are meant to…
Every year, thousands of European patents are challenged after grant – not through conventional patent litigation, but through the European Patent Office’s opposition procedure. During the nine-month window where anyone…
EPO opposition activity around GLP-1 patents shows where competitors see patent rights as commercially important enough to challenge. The data covers GLP-1-related EPO opposition’s record from 2010 to 2026. Opposition…
EPO opposition data offers a useful view into where competitive pressure is building. Unlike patent filings, oppositions show which patents competitors consider important enough to challenge after grant. An analysis…
Patent opposition activity is not just a legal aftershock after grant. In this dataset, it behaves like a competitive intelligence signal: who feels threatened, which technology spaces are most contested,…