Afghanistan: New Technology

On December 16, 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a proposal for a European Biotech Act (the "Proposed Biotech Act" or "Proposal").

On 26 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a supervisory briefing to aid national competent authorities (NCAs) with their supervision of algorithmic trading in the EU...

The European Patent Office has released its 2026 Guidelines for Examination, incorporating two landmark rulings that fundamentally change how patent claims are interpreted and what constitutes prior art. These updates introduce mandatory use of patent descriptions in claim interpretation, eliminate the reproducibility requirement for marketed products as prior art, and establish the EPO's first formal guidance on artificial intelligence in patent proceedings.