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13 Mar 2015, 11:56 am
The Vice-President of the European Patent Office in charge of the Boards of Appeal shall also be entitled to be heard in such proceedings.(3) In the case of such a request being made by the Vice-President in charge of the Boards of Appeal, he shall be a party to the proceedings. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 8:42 am
Main issue in Therasense is a finding of inequitable conduct based on statements made to the European Patent Office that were not made to the PTO (directly contradictory to statements made to the PTO)—intent determined based largely on materiality and credibility of the attorney who testified. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 11:31 am
Merpel thinks they'll need a good deal longer than a two-week break in future if they find a stream of patent cases arising from the new European patent package heading their way -- but she suspects that most of the current bunch will have retired before that happens ... [read post]
16 Jul 2022, 11:16 pm
The Dutch patent judiciary's reputation is seriously in jeopardy now, which will also have implications for the Netherlands as a UPC venue of first instance.So far, some patent holders believed that preliminary injunctions were more likely to be granted by Dutch courts than their German counterparts, as the latter effectively required the patent-in-suit to have been affirmed against the same invalidity contentions in another adversarial proceeding (opposition before… [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 9:20 am
Here is a round up of some of the news going around the IP blogosphere….It's a big world out there...Patents The Kluwer Patent Blog provides coverage of VMI Holland v. [read post]
23 Jul 2016, 9:48 am
And the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), in its 14 July Communication on the Brexit, states: ‘The epi continues to support the Unitary Patent/UPC system as an attempt to further harmonize and simplify the patent system in Europe and would like to see the system to come into force. [read post]
31 Jan 2024, 12:11 am
Two webinars on trade secrets in the EUOn February 8, the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) and the Bulgarian Patent Office will jointly host a webinar on the EU Trade Secrets Directive. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 9:36 am
But on Monday, the European Parliament postponed the final reading and vote on the unitary patent proposals calling the Council's suggested deletion of Articles 6 to 8 of the Proposed Regulation "a scandalous breach of procedure". [read post]
17 Feb 2021, 7:46 am
The Board analyzed and discussed the various Notice from the European Patent Office of spring 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 March 2020 concerning the extension of periods for the payment of fees. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 12:50 am
The courts are of course not obliged to follow the Office’s proposed action but the Mannheim court notably postponed the envisaged delivery of the judgment from June 23, 2020 to August 04th 2020 following the Office’s statement. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 11:54 pm
Apple is the only litigant in the ongoing "smartphone patent wars" to have been unable to so far (one opposition proceeding before the European Patent Office had not yet been resolved) to salvage even the smallest part of any of its patents-in-suit (in Germany, to be clear). [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 10:28 pm
It's an interesting suggestion that patent offices could help determine and, after a standard is finalized and a patent finally issued (or narrowed through reexaminations or litigation), revisit the question of whether a given patent, as finally issued, is actually essential to a standard, as finally adopted. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 2:07 am
Patenting fees fund national IP offices and pay wages. [read post]
16 Nov 2019, 3:36 am
Kluwer Patent bloggerThe Dutch authorities have handed over to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) its new premises, located in the Zuidas business area of Amsterdam. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 12:16 am
Members are invited to join over 200+ patent counsel and private practice to discuss the latest in European patent developments and there's even more reason for IP professionals to join the event this year. [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 1:06 am
Laurence LaiThe European Patent Office has today published an advance preview of its annual update to the Guidelines for Examination which will come into force on 1 November 2019. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 11:03 am
" Questions of this kind have cropped up before in the frenzied world of European IP and have been dealt with by spreading the offices around as follows: European Patent Office: Munich and Berlin (Germany), The Hague (Netherlands), Vienna (Austria) and Brussels (Belgium) Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market: Alicante (Spain) Community Plant Variety Office: Angers (France) EURid: Brussels (Belgium), Prague (Czech… [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 4:18 am
Its attorney are well versed and experienced with India, US, European IPR law. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 9:00 am
Rule 118.2 a) provides that if a revocation action is pending before the central division, a local or regional division may render its decision on the merits of the infringement claim, including its orders, under the condition subsequent that the patent is not held to be wholly or partially invalid by the final decision in the revocation procedure or a final decision of the European Patent Office or under any other term or condition. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 9:58 am
The Human Genome patent at issue was granted by the European Patent Office. [read post]
