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Updated EPO Guidelines for Examination
The European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a new version of its Guidelines for Examination. These guidelines, which came into force on 01 November 2017, provide guidance for examiners and applicants on European patent law and procedure. -
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Patent Newsletter No.62
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Free chemical structure searching in patent documents
Patent applications and granted patents provide a rich source of chemical information which can be searched using a variety of strategies including searching by keywords, applicant names and patent classification codes. This information is important as the first public disclosure of chemical entities is often in patents. -
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Unjustified Threats Act: key changes to the old law
The new Unjustified Threats Act came into force on 01 October 2017. The aim of the Act, which applies to “threats” after this date only, is to make the law consistent across all relevant IP rights and help businesses avoid litigation, if possible. The old law often had the effect… -
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EPO fees: proposals for certain fee reductions
Since 2012 the EPO has frozen some of its official fees and additionally not increased them to account for inflation. At the end of October 2017, and following a drive by the EPO to increase efficiency, further proposals were put forward by the EPO management to reduce particular official fees. -
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Revised guide to the most influential trade mark decisions
We are delighted to announce the publication of the third edition of the highly successful title, European Trade Mark Decisions. The book is a selection of the most important decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) to date. -
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Top tier for patents and trade marks in Chambers 2018
We are pleased to report that Chambers has ranked D Young & Co as a top tier patent and trade mark firm in its 2018 edition. -
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Mermeren v Fox: geographical location and origin
A recent decision from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) concluded that the use of a geographical location did not serve to designate the geographical origin of the goods. -
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Design infringement: Neptune v DeVOL Kitchens
As a result of the Intellectual Property Act 2014, the scope of UK design right (namely, UK unregistered design) has changed. In Neptune (Europe) Limited v DeVOL Kitchens Limited, the England and Wales High Court (Patents Court) has considered the effect and application of this change.
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