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2 Feb 2021, 8:04 am by Laurence Lai (Simmons & Simmons LLP)
Last year, the European Patent Office changed the publication schedule of the Guidelines as part of its Strategic Plan 2023 which meant there was no update to the Guidelines in 2020. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 10:15 am by IPWatchdog
Patent and Trademark Office also hosts a few informational webinars on IP basics, trademark registration and protecting IP assets in China. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 7:05 am by Fabian Hötzel (Hoffmann Eitle)
A violation of the duty of the Federal Patent Court to consider decisions which have been issued by the instances of the European Patent Office or by courts of other contracting states of the European Patent Convention and which concern an essentially identical issue and, if necessary, to deal with the reasons which led to a deviating result in the preceding decision does not necessarily violate the right to be heard of the party concerned. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 10:41 pm by Florian Mueller
I view the status quo as a pragmatic solution because otherwise you'd see PIs over patents in Germany all the time, and they'd give the prevailing patentees so much leverage that hardly any of those patents-in-suit would ever come to a validity judgment by the Federal Patent Court (or be reexamined by the European Patent Office in an opposition proceeding).This is the relevant EU statute:"1. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 7:35 am by Matthieu Dhenne (Ipsilon)
The choice of Paris would be well-founded economically (France is the second largest market in the Europe), historically (France was at the heart of the construction of European Patent Law with the first patent legislation ever and with the Longchambon report long after, and the European office is already located in Germany), and geographically (Paris is a showcase at the center of Europe). [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 3:51 am by Peter Groves
An appeals board of the European Patent Office has upheld the refusal of a patent for "rabbit skin comprising biological active substance and its use" on public policy grounds. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 3:51 am by Peter Groves
An appeals board of the European Patent Office has upheld the refusal of a patent for "rabbit skin comprising biological active substance and its use" on public policy grounds. [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 9:58 pm by Patent Docs
Mike Jennings of AA Thornton, James Pickford of Procter & Gamble, and Gwilym Roberts of Kilburn & Strode will provide an overview of how videoconferencing is being relied on increasingly for formal hearings at the European Patent Office -- for examination, oppositions and appeals -- and how this provides an option for applicants/proprietors and opponents to participate or observe from their home countries. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 7:53 am by Florian Mueller
I tend to agree with them on patent policy, especially when it comes to standard-essential patents. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 9:14 pm by Matthieu Dhenne (Ipsilon)
A revolver is not a danger for the public order if it is used by law enforcement officers to protect the United States Capitol, whereas it is if it is used by a gang. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 3:22 am by Sander van Rijnswou
It should be noted in passing that this is also in line with the practice of the European Patent Office, as the opponent 3 pointed out in her letter dated 18 November 2017, since the online form 2300E for oppositions of legal entities does not contain a field for indicating the nationality but only the field for indicating the seat of the legal entity.Entscheidungsgründe1. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 12:54 am by Rose Hughes
The European Patent Office (EPO) has not been left behind, with the ready adoption of oral proceedings by VC as the new norm. [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 5:50 pm by Florian Mueller
In parliamentary democracies, such as some European countries, the head of government can be voted out of office by a parliamentary vote. [read post]
10 Jan 2021, 10:46 am by Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)
I cannot imagine that these patent offices would not have cooperated and assisted the GPTO, had they been asked. [read post]
9 Jan 2021, 9:05 pm by Patent Docs
Marc Wilkinson and Chris Milton of J A Kemp will provide a concise review of European case law and practice with respect to a patentee's legal entitlement to a claim of priority, and briefly discuss what went wrong and why for the patentees in a recent high-profile case before the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (decision T844/18), where a high-value patent in the field of gene editing... [read post]
An important role – the report reminds – should be played by the European Patent Office and national patent offices in Europe, which are likely to be the most appropriate organisations to perform high quality essentiality checks, as they can rely on experts with enhanced skills and guarantee impartiality and objectivity. [read post]
Lastly, let me please extend my sincere gratitude to my friends and fellow patent attorneys in the EU Member States for being helpful in contacting the Offices, during compilation of this study! [read post]