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16 Jun 2015, 7:18 am
If you thought that the European Patent Office (EPO) was the only international intellectual property administration that was coming under the scrutiny of an increasingly critical world for behaviour that ill befits its status, think again: the African Intellectual Property Organization -- better known by its French acronym OAPI -- seems to be suffering from the same malaise. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 1:48 am
This view was firmly illustrated by the UK Intellectual Property Office's decision in Basic Trademark SA's Trade Mark Application, where a mark was refused under the Trade Marks Act's morality provision, and was seen to not infringe Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (and therefore, the Human Rights Act above). [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 12:10 am
One of our readers has emailed us to ask about the status in the Brüstle patent application in the European Patent Office (EPO), the patent being for a way to produce, from embryonic stem cells, specialised cells for treating neurological diseases such as Parkinson's Disease, starting with embryonic stem cells. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 11:54 pm
Merpel has had a busy year to date, writing primarily about the governance crisis at the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 5:17 pm
In the European Patent Office, in contrast, around one third of patents are held invalid, one third amended and one third upheld as they are. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 7:13 am
* Save our open WiFi: an open letterA few months ago, Eleonora reported on a new reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). [read post]
13 Jun 2015, 11:53 pm
The European Patent Office (EPO) abuses its "immunity" and one of the first reform measures should be to put each facility of the EPO under the jurisdiction of the respective country, at least with respect to human rights including data privacy. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 10:37 am
He writes:"It seems that a little-heralded tender is closing at the European Patent Organisation (EPO) for human translation of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russan and Spanish patents into English, as reported by the EPO here. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 2:49 am
He pointed out the statutory extensions of this privilege through s.280of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 for patent attorneys and s.87of the Trade Mark Act 1994 for trade mark attorneys. [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 2:44 pm
AIPPI and AIPLA: comparing aspects of the US and European patent regimes. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 5:49 am
The visitors to the Patent Office who typically sojourn on the first floor also include patent attorneys. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 10:55 am
So far, around 60% of respondents either think that the Award is ultra vires the powers of its organiser, the European Patent Office or that it is a waste of time -- but getting on for 25% of people participating have either unqualified or qualified enthusiasm for it. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 4:20 am
Independence of the Boards of Appeal - EPLAW and CCBE commentBack in March, Merpel penned on the proposal by the President of the European Patent Office for plans to reform the administration of the Boards of Appeal [proposals here and here; Merpel's comments here]. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 8:12 am
this Kat has learned from Ars Technica about a nasty surprise facing the Electronic Frontier Frontier (EFF) over its regular "Stupid Patent of the Month" (SPM) feature. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 4:57 am
Merpel wrote back in March on the proposal by the President of the European Patent Office for plans to reform the administration of the Boards of Appeal (proposals here and here; Merpel's comments here). [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 3:00 am
It takes place on Thursday 16 July and will be held in the eye of the storm, as it were, in the Munich headquarters of the European Patent Office. [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 3:33 pm
It's exciting to see that this series of Never Too Late posts is edging up towards the fifty mark.Last week's substantive posts look like this:* The purpose of appeal in the patent system: dissenting opinions, oversight and law-makingSuleman masterminds this great piece about appeal procedures at the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 3:51 am
Do you believe the European Central Bank would let a vice president stay in office after being accused of counterfeiting? [read post]
31 May 2015, 10:09 pm
Apart from receiving a bagful of readers' comments, this post also launched a sidebar poll which has attracted over 200 responses so far -- most of which are not at all supportive either of the event itself or of the European Patent Office's involvement in it. [read post]
28 May 2015, 6:42 am
This shall be carried out by the European Patent Office supervised by the Administrative Council. [read post]
