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9 Jan 2015, 4:36 am
It is reported that, in 2013, more than 825,000 patents were filed at the China State Intellectual Property Office. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 12:40 am
In yesterday's post, Merpel looked at the current Business Distribution Scheme of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 7:39 pm
Not tolerating that should be the common interest of all Member States of the European Patent Organisation. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 1:51 am
IPJA is the representative association of European National Patent Judges. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 12:34 am
They may be re-appointed by the Administrative Council after the President of the European Patent Office has been consulted. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 5:57 am
So it seems hardly likely that writing to the Enlarged Board will achieve anything, and, indeed, there seems no provision in the European Patent Convention that suggests otherwise.2) More protests to the Administrative CouncilThe body that is supposed to have oversight of the operation of the European Patent Office is the Administrative Council, made up of delegates from the member states, usually the heads of the respective patent… [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 4:01 pm
Incidentally, The SPC Blog organises an annual seminar, which is free to all comers and provides a great opportunity for pharma patent-owning companies, generics, private practitioners and patent office functionaries to get together and compare notes.****************************************** PatLit tackles patent dispute resolution topics -- principally litigation -- not just from the UK but from wherever interesting news and comments emerge. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 12:46 pm
It reports, according to WIPO, that European Patent Office's share of the 9% worldwide increase in patent filings fell to 5.8% (the lowest on record). [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 7:32 am
Patent and Trademark Office’s website is notorious for crashing. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 5:08 am
| European Copyright Society on full harmonisation of copyright | Book review of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights. [read post]
4 Jan 2015, 2:47 am
However for the purposes of this post the distinctions are being glossed over to focus on the issues being discussed.The statsThe ‘Facts and Figures 2014’ report from the European Patent Office (EPO) shows ‘Medical Technologies’, ‘Pharmaceuticals’ and ‘Biotech’ occupying positions 1, 9 and 10 in a ranking of technical fields by number of European patent filings. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 4:00 pm
He has prosecuted patent applications in different territories and has taken part in many European oppositions and appeals. [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 2:16 am
* What is eating the European Patent Office? [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 12:45 am
Stone Electrical Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a decision of the Controller of the Irish Patents Office dating back to last August, but again it's one of those somewhat overlooked rulings that is worth bringing to the attention of this weblog's trade mark-oriented readers. [read post]
27 Dec 2014, 2:19 am
The Court of Justice of the European Union gave judgment in Case C-435/12 ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie, Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopie vergoeding deciding that "The amount of the levy payable for making private copies of a protected work may not take unlawful reproductions into account. [read post]
25 Dec 2014, 2:12 am
Is practice in Europe the same as that articulated in Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Premium Aircraft Interiors Group, or is there a spread of practices, in which case it will be good to know which approach will be adopted when we have a single European unitary patent, construed by the Unified Patent Court. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 9:47 pm
Seasonal summary of EPO news: not toeveryone's taste and may be hard to swallowOver the past month, this weblog has hosted news and developments of reports of unrest among the workers at the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 2:46 pm
It's only now that this Kat has caught up with Unilever Plc v Société des Produits Nestlé SA, a decision of Dermot Doyle, on behalf of the Controller of the Irish Patents Office which dates back to 12 September. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 3:41 am
.* Be careful with your requests, especially if you want to appealT 2157/10 is a little but significant decision from the Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 1:33 am
Meanwhile, on the PatLit blog, David Berry reports on yet another patent case that the US Supreme Court is happy to hear, Kimble v Marvel Enterprises, which will revisit the rule in Brulotte v Thys and the endearing practice of extracting royalty payments from a licensee after the patent has expired (this patent involves a Spiderman toy, if you were wondering). [read post]
