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28 May 2024, 9:15 am
The European Patent Office's (EPO) Boards of Appeal have displayed a stringent approach towards added subject matter in recent decisions, particularly in comparison to other jurisdictions. [read post]
24 May 2011, 8:33 am
In the paper, EU Commission proposes to entrust the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market with the tasks and activities relating to the management of the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy, including those concerning copyright, rights related to copyright and patents. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 9:17 pm
Damien Geradin: The European Commission’s Expert Group Report on SEP Licensing and Valuation: What Did We Achieve? [read post]
4 May 2009, 2:14 am
Then again, this may be a worthwhile exercise depending on the technology involved, such as software patents which by nature have a short shelf-life given the speed of advancement in the area.The USPTO currently has similar pilot programmes with the German, Danish, Australian, Canadian, UK and European patent offices. [read post]
2 Feb 2022, 5:58 am
The case settled seven months ago, but yesterday Nokia's EP2550762 on "signalling of channel information" got upheld by an opposition panel of the European Patent Office with only a minor amendment, which still allows Nokia to claim that it is essential to the 4G/LTE standard. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 2:35 pm
The Statement, which you can read here or download here, explains:"In the Kiev Conference on “Grace Period“, ..., chaired by Professor Joseph Straus, chair of ALLEA Permanent Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, representatives of ALLEA for the first time met with representatives of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japanese Patent Office (JPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the PR China (SIPO), and the… [read post]
6 May 2013, 10:31 pm
On the next day (Friday 17 May) comes "Prosecution of EPO and US Patent Applications Based on a Single Specification" (details here)-- another useful seminar which has been designed to help applicants wanting to adopt a single approach when prosecuting patent applications before both European and US Patent Offices. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 6:30 am
Earlier this year, the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) published a report on fuel cell-related patent applications, and found that, in the current push to create a hydrogen-based society, Japan has taken a commanding lead in terms of patent applications filed.How big? [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 1:29 am
A recent article in the Mail & Guardian (here) claims that the European Patent Office recognizes Jans Roosjen, a Dutch man, as the "inventor" of teff flour and associated food products. [read post]
10 Jan 2017, 8:34 am
This was almost as many applications as the next three offices in the ranking combined (the patent offices of the U.S., Japan and South Korea). [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 9:59 am
The Global Dossier Initiative is a collaborative project of the IP5 Offices -- the European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO), and USPTO – which aims to modernize the global patent system by providing a single portal/user interface for stakeholders. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 5:13 am
On Monday, the USPTO announced its latest Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program, the latest being an initiative with the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 3:44 am
So I don't blame Apple for having tried its luck with an acquired patent just like its rivals do all the time, and this one could have given Apple leverage because it's unbelievably basic and broad (but those patents are particularly susceptible to invalidation challenges).So far not even one of the patents in all the disputes I watch has survived the BPatG proceedings in its granted form, calling into question the quality of the examination process of the… [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 11:59 am
At present, the European Patent Office may grant a European patent, but this must be validated by the patent holder in every Member State where protection is desired. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 2:42 am
Both of these principles are followed by the European Patent Office. [read post]
28 Feb 2018, 12:31 am
To the contrary, Europe - and more or less the rest of the IP world, since many countries, especially in Asia, adopted their patent law from that of Germany - follow the text-based tradition, with the European Patent Office and the German patent courts being traditionally the strictest in this regard. [read post]
16 Mar 2022, 8:39 am
The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) confirmed a second instance court judgment considering, inter alia, the effect of a later exclusive patent license contract having the same subject matter as an earlier one and the effect of (non-)registration of an exclusive patent license contract and its termination with the Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO). [read post]
23 Feb 2019, 7:03 am
Kluwer Patent bloggerThe European Patent Office and representatives of the 38 Member States organised a meeting last week of the Committee on Patent Law to discuss next steps following decision T 1063/18 of an EPO Board of Appeal on plant patentability. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 9:54 pm
Entitled "Not For The Faint Hearted - The New Rules Relating To Filing A Divisional Application At The European Patent Office", it has just been published in the June 2009 (Volume 38, Number 6) issue of the CIPA Journal, p.388. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 7:35 am
Since the subject-matter of European patents and the conditions for their protection are governed by another international treaty to which the Union is not party (the European Patent Convention, with its 38 signatories), patent law will thus lie completely outside the EU’s ambit, despite its economic importance (impact on innovation) and its issues of general interest (for instance the scope of patents for software and medicines). [read post]
