EU Law weekly highlights—16 January 2025

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This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on what to expect from the new European Parliament and European Commission in 2025 in the tech and digital sector, the EU Digital Fairness Act, the different frameworks for inventive steps adopted by the European Patent Office and Unified Patent Court, the ‘invention’ test for combination products for Supplementary Protection Certificate eligibility introduced by the Court of Justice, the second draft of the EU AI Code of Practice, registration obligations under the EU AI Act as well as M&A arbitration under the EU AI Act. In addition, this week the Commission opened consultation on Common Agricultural Policy for farmers, and launched feedback on nature restoration plan format and the COMBINE programme for medical trials, the European Union Intellectual Property Office revealed significant economic advantages for IPR-holding firms in the EU and the new Health Technology Assessment rules became applicable.