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18 Dec 2016, 11:51 pm by Roel van Woudenberg
As gene markers were only in the process of being developed when the Directive was adopted, it did not specifically address the issue of the patentability of the products emanating from the use of gene markers.In March 2015, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (‘the Enlarged Board’) of the European Patent Office (‘the EPO’) decided that products derived from using essentially biological processes might be patentable, even if the process… [read post]
18 Dec 2016, 6:24 am by Florian Mueller
A damn lie propagated by the Commission, by the equally-mendacious national governments of the EU member states, large corporations (also including their industry bodies, of course), the European Patent Office (with respect to its credibility, let me just refer you to Dr. [read post]
16 Dec 2016, 4:44 am
| European Commission on Biotech Directive: tomatoes about to be squashed? [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 11:20 am by Mitch Stoltz
The office doesn’t have power to make laws or change federal agency policy directly, but its conclusions carry a White House imprimatur. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 11:13 pm by Roel van Woudenberg
An examination report concerning the patent application in suit (application No. 11002792.7) was issued by the examining division on 27 July 2011. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 1:00 pm
| European Commission on Biotech Directive: tomatoes about to be squashed? [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 2:19 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Patent and Trademark Office fine-tuning its patent guidelines early in the year. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 10:35 am by Florian Mueller
Otherwise, judges that will be handpicked by the same people who are in charge of the European Patent Office are going to make decisions that will be worse than anything you've ever seen from the Federal Circuit and there normally won't be any chance of petitioning a court with a broader and more balanced perspective.It's disappointing that the UK plans to ratify the UPC agreement despite this year's Brexit vote. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 12:24 am by Florian Mueller
A quick timeline:November 24: European Parliament President Martin Schulz, a German social democrat, finally gave up his highly questionable, self-centered quest for a third term that was, or would have been, an outright breach of an inter-party agreement (the European People's Party and Schulz's socialist block had agreed that a conservative would take office in the middle of the legislative term). [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 10:02 am
*** PREVIOUSLY ON NEVER TOO LATE ***Never Too Late 123 [week ending on Sunday 20 November] | Time for a Haar-cut - please do not relocate the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office | Remember the House Ban? [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 6:00 pm by Dennis Crouch
 The idea is to have a pan-European patent enforcement zone for patents issued by the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 10:54 am by Florian Mueller
Access to such remedies is barred by antitrust law in light of the opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Huawei v. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 2:40 am by Roel van Woudenberg
In this opposition appeal, an opponent submitted new documents in response of the invitation to oral proceedings under Rule 116(1) EPC ("When issuing the summons, the European Patent Office shall draw attention to the points which in its opinion need to be discussed for the purposes of the decision to be taken. [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 12:51 am
The ItechLaw Association held its European conference programme in Madrid on November 9-11. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 1:52 pm
Save the date for the 11th edition of the Pan-European Intellectual Property Summit! [read post]
20 Nov 2016, 2:44 am by Mark Summerfield
  Egypt, the European Patent Office (EPO), Argentina and India fall into a ‘medium pendency’ group (between four and eight years). [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 11:48 pm by Kluwer UPC News blogger
€ 160 The post Debate in Dutch Parliament about deteriorating social climate at European Patent Office appeared first on Kluwer Patent Blog. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 1:58 am
 Patent attorneys representing their clients at hearings will also be seriously inconvenienced.Merpel suspects that for many Board of Appeal members, many of whom are not far from retirement anyway, this will be the last straw, and they will resign. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 9:05 am
What is EPO management to do when the European Patent Convention's procedures for disciplining a Board member don't deliver the desired result? [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 8:06 am by Kluwer UPC News blogger
Earlier this month, the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), published an update on the state of affairs in the member states of the Unitary Patent system. [read post]