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Coronavirus: IP offices in Europe – changed practice
21 May 2020
As a response to the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, intellectual property offices in Europe have implemented special measures to…
Covid-19: EPO extends opposition period for European patents
21 May 2020
Up to nine months after publication of the mention that a European patent has been granted anyone may give the…
G 3/19: plants produced by essentially biological processes not patentable
19 May 2020
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently handed down its highly anticipated decision regarding the allowability of product and product-by-process…
IP & Brexit: designs - time to start planning!
11 May 2020
There are now less than eight months to go until the end of the current Brexit transition period – which…
Patentability of Covid-19 smartphone apps at the EPO
07 May 2020
The new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused immense suffering and has led to restrictions on modern life not seen since…
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