European Patent Office
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...
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Tags: EPO, European Patent Office, language, unified patent court, Unified Patent Court Agreement, unitary patent, UP, UPC
Third strike hits the European Patent Office
By AWA | Posted on April 7, 2016
Last month, 91% (3,701) of 4062 of European Patent Office (EPO) employees voted for a one day strike to be held on April 7 at the EPO’s offices in Munich, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna. It thus adds to a number of strikes that has hit EPO since former Chairman of the Administrative Council of...
Tags: Benoît Battistelli, EPO, European Patent Office, SUEPO
Revised PACE programme from 1 January 2016
By AWA | Posted on February 12, 2016
The programme for accelerated prosecution of European Patent Applications (PACE) allows applicants to request that the European Patent Office (EPO) processes their application rapidly. The request must be filed in writing, but will be excluded from file inspection. In certain technical fields there has been constraints on how fast the EPO has been able to...
Tags: ECfS, ED, EESR, EPO, European Patent Applications, European Patent Office, ISA, PACE, PCT
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...
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