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EU requires manufacturers to disclose scientific documents during risk assessment for food chain production
By Eric Van Malderen | Posted on September 30, 2020
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is in charge of the registration into the European Union of novel foods and feeds, food and feed additives, food and feed contact materials, GMO’s, plant protection products, food and feed enzymes as well as food and feed flavourings. To increase the legitimacy and credibility of their opinions, food...
Tags: EFSA, EU, European Union, Food, Manufacturing, patents, trade secrets
Bracing ourselves for a “no Brexit deal”?
By AWA | Posted on October 19, 2018
The point of no return, the date of jumping off the cliff, the end of the conveyor belt, or as we say in Swedish “a dear child has many names” – 29 March 2019 is now very quickly approaching. On 17 October, the EU27 leaders met at the European Council to discuss Brexit, and even...
Tags: 29 March 2019, Brexit, Britain, EU27, Europe, European Union, Intellectual Property, patents, RCD
The IP Translator watch is finally over
By Kristian Martinsson | Posted on June 25, 2012
On 19 June 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union finally delivered its judgment regarding the legality of the of OHIM’s class heading practice. So, what is IP Translator? The case relates to the lawfulness of the OHIM’s practice that begun in 2003, which means that when a class heading in the Nice...
Tags: European Union, IP Translator, judgment, the court of justice
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