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23 May 2007, 6:00 am
Such aspects have never been taken into account for assessing inventive step, irrespective of whether or not they were known from the prior art (cf also the decisions cited in 'Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office', 5th edition December 2006, chapter I.D.8.4)" (point 3.1 of reasons).What the IPKat would like to know is how this can be squared with other decisions on 'excluded' subject matter, such as that of T 471/05… [read post]
19 May 2007, 3:21 pm
Patents are filed with China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in Beijing, while SIPO offices at the provincial and municipal level are responsible for administrative enforcement.Trademark. [read post]
10 May 2007, 1:26 am
“Damages for patent infringement awarded by a UK court must not be paid back even if the patent is later declared invalid by the European Patent Office (EPO), the Court of Appeal has ruled. [read post]
9 May 2007, 3:10 pm
., claiming infringement of patents that cover how memory chips are made. [read post]
7 May 2007, 9:06 am
This entity can be a WFOE, a JV, or a representative office. [read post]
4 May 2007, 6:12 am
The hearing officer refused the application on two grounds: that the invention was no more than (i) a method of doing business and (ii) a computer program, each of which is barred from being an invention within section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977 (the local equivalent of Article 52 of the European Patent Convention].The Deputy Judge agreed that the application must fail. [read post]
4 May 2007, 3:41 am
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking comments to obtain the views of the public on international efforts to harmonize substantive requirements ofpatent laws, and any potential subsequent changes to United States law and practice. [read post]
3 May 2007, 5:50 am
A recent decision (T 1012/03) by the Technical Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office may upset some Munich-based patent attorneys by insisting that summoning them to oral proceedings in the EPO's branch at the Hague, rather than at its seat in Munich, is not objectionable under the European Patent Convention.Right: some helpful information for any lost German patent attorneys.The IPKat is firmly UK-based and therefore does… [read post]
30 Apr 2007, 8:07 am
Despite a request by the Court of Appeal, even the European Patent Office has declined to comment on the position of software patents, because "there is an insufficient legal basis for a referral". [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 6:22 am
The question before the court is simple but utterly fundamental:"If a patentee utterly prevails on infringement and validity and is held entitled to financial compensation in the Courts of England and Wales right up to the point where no further appeal lies, can all that be set at nought and utterly unravelled if the patent is later held invalid in the European Patent Office? [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 8:31 pm
This program is intended to benefit applicants that have filed an application with the U.S. or European Patent Offices (a priority document),... [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 6:45 am
Intellectual Property Watch reports that the chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office has been expressing a few thoughts on the future of the patent system, at a France-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce meeting in Geneva. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 7:40 am
In an open letter to the heads of the United States, European, Canadian, German, and Austrian patent offices, an international coalition of patent examiner groups seeks changes in the demands on patent examiners, stating that the increase in productivity demands and the number of applications to be examined, combined with the increased complexity of applications is leading to a decline in patent quality. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 1:37 pm
It is an open letter to the heads of the US, European, German, Canadian and Austrian patent offices, from the heads of the professional associations or unions for examiners in each Office. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 3:58 am
Topics featured in this issue include * A European perspective on global patent workload: talk of poor quality patents and flooding has become commonplace over recent years, but a closer look at the facts suggests that things are not as bad as they first seem. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 10:00 am
The IPKat thanks Robert Watson of Mewburn Ellis for pointing out that the European Patent Office has at last issued a set of draft guidelines for EPC 2000, which will come into force later this year. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 9:12 am
Alison Brimelow, President-elect of the European Patent Office, noted recently that there were five million patents in force worldwide in 2004 and that they reached that point at an exponential rate. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 5:02 am
(2) Americanization: copyright and patent were to be called into service to create an American culture that would equal - and be acknowledged equal to - European culture [read post]
25 Mar 2007, 4:14 pm
Features include * Roya Ghafele, who works for WIPO but speaks for herself, discusses what trade mark applicants actually say about the Madrid System and contrasts it with the official view (abstract here); * "Patents for perpetual motion machines", a delightful, practical but whimsical view of the age-old quest to patent the impossible, in the light of some dramatic recent case law, by Chris Wadlow of the University of East Anglia (abstract here);* Richard Howson,… [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 11:35 am
The European Patent Office (EPO) and Japanese Patent Office (JPO) approval rates peaked at approximately the same time but then declined more rapidly, so that in 2000 the USPTO rate was higher although by a substantial margin only under Quillen and Webster's assumptions. [read post]
