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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

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

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