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Andorran patent law enters into force

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on December 9, 2015

In the heart of the Pyrenees Mountains, on the border between France and Spain, lies a small independent country. This country, of course, is The Principality of Andorra. The co-princes exercising sovereignty over Andorra are the President of the French Republic and the (Spanish) Bishop of Urgel. Andorra is not part of the European Union....

European patents can now be validated in Moldova

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 15, 2015

On 1 November 2015 an agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova allowing European patents to take legal effect in Moldova will enter in to force. Thereby, applicants with a European patent application will after this date be able to validate their granted...

Tags: European Patent Office, Moldova

The Global Patent Prosecution Highway expands in the heat of summer

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on July 2, 2015

As summer, at least here in Denmark, finally heats up, so does the PPH thus giving both Danish and Swedish patent applicants new possibilities of speeding up and simplifying examination of their patent applications. In the following the AWA IP Blog sums up these new possibilities. To recall, for a given PPH-agreement the PPH allows...

Tags: GPPH, Nordic Patent Institute, patent prosecution highway, PPH

First non-European country begins validating European patents

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on April 15, 2015

As earlier announced on the Awapatent IP Blog here, Tunisia and Morocco has signed an agreement with the EPO on the validation of European patents in the respective countries. Effective 1 March 2015 the agreement with Morocco entered in to force, thus enabling applicants with a European patent application filed on or after this date...

Tags: EPO, European patent, Morocco

New Patent Prosecution Highway possibilities for both Danish, Swedish and European applicants

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 14, 2014

As the PPH expands further, both Danish, Swedish and indeed European patent applicants are offered new possibilities of speeding up and simplifying examination of their patent applications. In the following the Awapatent IP Blog sums up these new possibilities. To recall, for a given PPH-agreement the PPH allows for requesting accelerated examination at the one...

Tags: GPPH, patent prosecution highway, PPH

European patent validation in Morocco and Tunisia

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 31, 2014

Recently, the EPO has initiated work on a new interesting possibility for European patent applicants. Namely, the EPO has reported having signed an agreement with the Tunisian government on the validation of European patents for Tunisia. A similar agreement has previously, in 2013, been signed with the Moroccan government. According to the agreements, European patents...

Tags: EPC, EPO, Europe, Morocco, Patent, Tunisia

Blog entry #2 on new Rule 6 EPC

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on July 28, 2014

Will some applications be left with no Rule 6 EPC applicable following its amendment? Following my previous blog entry on the amended Rule 6 EPC, I have been made aware of a curiosity in the transitional provisions of the new Rule 6 EPC. Namely, the transitional provisions may, in principle, be interpreted as implying that...

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