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7 Dec 2009, 9:36 am
Although the European Patent Office (EPO) serves as the primary examining body for most patents being prosecuted in Europe, the actual issuance of patent rights as well infringement litigation are still handled country-by-country. [read post]
5 Dec 2009, 5:42 pm
Instructions to examiners are of general importance to the public because they are the main tool used during examination and the important event for most applicants is grant or refusal by the patent office, litigation of patents (even in the U.S.) being uncommon. [read post]
5 Dec 2009, 5:42 pm
Instructions to examiners are of general importance to the public because they are the main tool used during examination and the important event for most applicants is grant or refusal by the patent office, litigation of patents (even in the U.S.) being uncommon. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 10:30 am
The Patent and Trademark Office rejected the claims as unpatentable on the grounds that the invention was an abstract idea. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 10:30 am
The Patent and Trademark Office rejected the claims as unpatentable on the grounds that the invention was an abstract idea. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 6:34 pm
European Patent Office Decides Divisional Applications Are Abusive There have been mutterings and papers for some time about... [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 9:54 pm
According to the Petosevic Newsletter, a new law of 14 October came into force a month later, on 14 November, extending European patents to that small but attractive Balkan state. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 10:03 am
A well-informed source tells the Kat that there's another reference to the Court of Justice of the European Communities involving Canon: it's down on the list as Case C-449/09 and there is no sign yet of any documentation. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 3:00 am
(Patents4Life) R&D: the biggest spenders – discussion of 2009 EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard (IPKat) New search tool by OHIM and participating offices (Class 46) EPO – Many more changes coming next year (IPKat) EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: For the first time in a bilateral agreement between EU and a third country, the EU provides for the protection of European geographical indications (Class 46) Three more PGI regulations in force: Limone Interdonato… [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 1:34 pm
" ~Michael Taylor of CIED The European Patent Office (EPO) is studying the growth in eco-innovation since the introduction of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 4:42 am
The IPKat's informat Joris Peels (Shapeways) has tipped him off, via Edward Tufte, that Microsoft has applied for a US patent for sparklines. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 1:59 am
Rejecting the application before him, which was for a system of using an automatic number plate recognition system to detect cloned vehicle number plates, he considered that the current European Patent Office guidelines [see earlier IPKat post here] would suggest that the cited prior art should be taken into account. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 12:23 am
“Post-Issue Patent Quality Control: A Comparative Study of US Patent Re-Examinations and European Patent Oppositions,†in: W.M. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:54 am
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is expanding a program with the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office to increase work sharing among the three agencies. [read post]
15 Nov 2009, 9:54 pm
Taking much the same line as the European Patent Office regarding inventive step and the problem-solution approach, the judge reached the same decision -- regarding Glaxo's patent for Seretide (that's Advair in the US) as was reached in the United Kingdom.The decision last Thursday of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England and Wales in Patel and Hussain v R [2009] EWCA Crim 2311, is a useful reminder that people who sell counterfeit VIAGRA, not… [read post]
15 Nov 2009, 4:05 pm
Finally, a telephone conversation with a formalities officer (on October 15 2007) convinced him of the need to file an appeal against the decision to grant the patent (on October 22) together with a request for re-establishment into the time-limit for filing an appeal. [read post]
15 Nov 2009, 4:05 pm
Finally, a telephone conversation with a formalities officer (on October 15 2007) convinced him of the need to file an appeal against the decision to grant the patent (on October 22) together with a request for re-establishment into the time-limit for filing an appeal. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 1:31 pm
(via Time) Congress May Be Helping European Biotech European researchers are on the cusp of overtaking their American counterparts in biotechnology innovation. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 3:17 am
Patent litigation specialist weblog PatLit, no doubt buoyed by the recent batch of posts on European and UK patent litigation reforms, has just welcomed its 400th email subscriber. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 10:44 pm
Continuity Law and Its Impact on the Comparative Patenting Rates of the U.S., Japan and the European Patent Office, 85 J. [read post]
