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Greentech gets the green light: accelerating patent applications towards grant
Following the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UKIPO’s) recent release of official patent statistics for 2022, which includes a report on the increasing popularity of the Green Channel for patent applications, this article explores the options available to applicants wishing to accelerate processing of their green and eco-friendly inventions both in… -
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T 56/21: the ongoing saga of description amendments
The European Patent Office (EPO) stands alone as the only patent authority that requires amendments to be undertaken, prior to grant, to bring the description in line with the scope of the allowed claims. This is a time-intensive and, therefore, a cost-intensive obligation that raises a number of potential risks,… -
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G 1/22 and G 2/22: Enlarged Board of Appeal rules on formal entitlement to priority
On 10 October 2023 the European Patent Office (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal issued its much awaited decision on the consolidated referrals G 1/22 and G 2/22, confirming the EPO’s competence to assess entitlement to priority and the validity of the “PCT joint applicants approach”. -
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T 1946/21: the deadline for transferring right to priority
In T 1946/21, the European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal decided on when a transfer of a right to priority must be effective for a valid claim to priority for a subsequent European patent application. -
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A new digital age: European Patent Office scraps the ten-day rule
In November 2022 the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that the ten-day rule, the regime for determining the date on which communications are deemed notified for the purposes of calculating time limits, will be scrapped. -
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EPO guidance: mixed-mode (hybrid) oral proceedings
In this article, we discuss an interesting development in which oral proceedings were held in a mixed-mode (hybrid) format where one party was heard “in-person” and the other party was heard by videoconference. -
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Functional designs: balancing the patent and UK/EU design registration tightrope
In the context of a design that has both aesthetic and technical benefits, a question often asked is whether patent protection and design registration protection can co-exist in respect of this same design. It is an interesting question, because design registration protection, at least as far as the UK and… -
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UPC: four months since the start, what have we learnt?
After a frantic start to 2023 with opt-out strategy discussions and decisions, followed by bulk opt-out filings via the UPC case management system, the 01 June 2023 saw the long-awaited beginning of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). We are now four months into the new system, and have started to… -
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J 0005/23: EPO stops use of electronic signatures on assignment documents
We will all be aware that electronic signatures are now widely used for signing legal documents such as contracts and assignments. It was therefore no surprise that the European Patent Office (EPO) published a notice in OJ 2021, A86, accepting, for the purposes of recording a transfer of ownership, assignment… -
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Hague design registration system update: reduced official fees for designating China
In a welcome announcement concerning the international Hague design registration system the individual designation fees for designating China in a Hague design application are to be reduced by around 20%. This reduction in fees will take effect on 01 October 2023, and hence be applicable for any new Hague design…
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