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EPO and IP AUSTRALIA launches new PPH agreement

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on July 7, 2016

As the PPH network continues to expand, the Awapatent IP Blog lets its readers stay one step ahead by keeping monitoring the new expansions and arising possibilities. Most recently, European patent applicants are offered a new possibility of speeding up and simplifying examination of their patent applications. This possibility comes in addition to the eight...

Tags: IP AUSTRALIA, Peruvian IP office, PPH

Has China taken another Bite out of the Apple?

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on June 30, 2016

After locking horns with a local Chinese company for six years over the IPHONE trademark, Apple took a drubbing after last month’s decision by the Beijing High People’s Court. Apple applied for the “IPHONE” trademark for software and hardware (Class 9) in China in 2002. A Chinese company, called Xingtong Tiandi, which makes leather goods, is...

Tags: Apple, China. trademark law, IPHONE

What does Brexit mean for the EUTM system?

By Kristian Martinsson | Posted on June 27, 2016

The people of the United Kingdom have spoken: They do not wish to be part of the EU any longer. It will now take time, probably years, before we know the terms of the divorce between the UK and the EU. Having said that, what impact of Brexit do we foresee for trademark owners? Short-term...

Tags: Brexit, EUTM

Effects of UK leaving the EU on the Unitary Patent and the UPC

By AWA | Posted on June 27, 2016

The result of the EU referendum held on 23 June was that the UK decided to leave the EU (European Union). As we have written previously the process of leaving the EU is long and can even take up to a couple of years. The UK will have to negotiate with the EU and the...

AWA Asia likes Facebook’s victory in China

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on June 11, 2016

In a recent high profile case, Facebook secured a victory against a trademark squatter at the Beijing High People’s Court. This comes shortly after Apple Inc was defeated in its iPhone trademark battle. In 2011 a Chinese individual, who is alleged to be associated with a local beverage company, applied to register the trademark FACE...

Prepare your strategy for the Unitary Patent and the UPC – (Part III)

By AWA | Posted on June 8, 2016

Strategies for pending patent applications and important aspects of the opt out procedure When preparing for the entry into force of the new Patent system in Europe, also patent application which are now currently pending before the European Patent Organization (EPO) must be considered. A decision must be made whether to try to delay the...

Tags: EPO, unified patent court, Unified Patent Court Agreement, unitary patent, UP, UPC, UPCA

Prepare your strategy for the Unitary Patent and the UPC – (Part II)

By AWA | Posted on June 2, 2016

The language regime for the Unitary Patent and the divisions of the UPC As we have written before the creation and start of the Unified Patent Court will change the mindset of patent litigation in Europe fundamentally. However, Europe is a diverse continent, not the least when it comes to languages. With the European Patent...

Tags: EPO, European Patent Office, language, unified patent court, Unified Patent Court Agreement, unitary patent, UP, UPC

Prepare your strategy for the Unitary Patent and the UPC – (Part I)

By AWA | Posted on May 30, 2016

The creation and start of the Unified Patent Court will change the mindset of patent litigation in Europe fundamentally. The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent will, according to the Chairman Alexander Ramsay, be ready by the middle of 2016 with the preparations for the new Court. In May the recruitment of judges began, and...

Tags: unified patent court, Unified Patent Court Agreement, unitary patent, UP, UPC, UPCA

UPC getting closer – just a ”Brexit” referendum away?

By AWA | Posted on May 23, 2016

When the UK prime minister David Cameron won the 2015 general election he, due to demands from his own Conservative MP party and other parties, promised to hold a referendum on whether Great Britain was to stay or exit the EU membership. This referendum will take place on 23 June, 2016. A current poll by...

Tags: Brexit, unified patent court, unitary patent, UPC

Recruitment of Judges to the UPC during May

By AWA | Posted on April 28, 2016

According to the Report of the 15th Preparatory Committee meeting of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the recruitment of Judges will start during the beginning of May. The Court of First Instance will always have a multinational composition of the panel of judges. The panel shall comprise three judges, unless one of the parties requests...

Tags: Contracting Member, recruitment of Judges, unified patent court, UPC