#4 Novelty w/ Patrick Heckeler

An invention has to be novel to be patentable. But does any difference over the prior art do the job (e.g. a purely aesthetic one) or does it have to be technically relevant?  This is a recorded Clubhouse event I hosted with my colleague Patrick Heckeler 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-patrick-heckeler/   Shout-outs go to the panelists who spontaneously made great contributions: Martin Wilming 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwilming/ Barış Atalay 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-atalay-86a14a22/ Preston Richard 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonrichard/ Next European Software Patents Talk on clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/mJzA6Rzo Watch the video version on YouTube 👉 https://bastianbest.org/podcast _______________________________ LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Article "Checking whether a resource is likely to be available when a corresponding request is serviced: non-technical": https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/checking-whether-a-resource-is-likely-to-be-available-when-a-corresponding-request-is-serviced-non-technical/ T 0552/14 (Queue message/TICKETMASTER): https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t140552eu1.html ____________________________________________ THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE PATENTS KNOWLEDGE BASE Our mission is to provide the busy software patent enthusiast with concise and actionable summaries of virtually all EPO Board of Appeal decisions that concern computer-implemented inventions. NEW ENTRY EVERY TUESDAY:  👉  http://www.europeansoftwarepatents.com _____________________ MY PRIVATE EMAIL LIST If you want the announcements and thoughts I don’t post publicly, such as private recordings of my talks and seminars, workshop materials, and the like, get on my private email list: 👉 http://bit.ly/TheBestPracticeList ________ ABOUT ME I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney who builds patent portfolios for digital innovations. People tell me I’m also an enthusiastic educator, speaker and workshop host. Sharing my knowledge is among my true passions. I work for a global clientele out of my hometown Munich, Germany. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastianbest/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bastianbest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastianbest/ BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: https://www.bardehle.com/team/detail/best-bastian.html Personal website: http://bastianbest.org/ *** Needless to say that none of this is legal advice, right? ***