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UKIPO Green Channel - Fast-Track Filing for Green Tech
At the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) it can typically take two to three years after filing for the average mechanical patent application to be granted. In the biotechnology field the corresponding time to grant can often be much longer. Having a granted patent can often be crucial in… -
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Prioritised Examination at the USPTO
In our August 2010 newsletter, we described the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) plans to introduce a three-track procedure for patent examination. The plans aimed to give applicants greater control over the speed and timing of the examination of their patent applications. The Track 1 procedure, named Prioritised… -
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The Patent Box - What it Means and How it Works
The Patent Box is an opt-in scheme for obtaining a reduced rate of corporation tax on certain IP-derived profits in the UK. The scheme is scheduled to start in April 2013 and is an area of tax law that any IP-active company will want to watch. -
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SPCs on combination products - is it specified?
Five related decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)¹ have finally provided some degree of clarity to the law on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products comprising a combination of active ingredients. Although these decisions still leave a number of questions open, they may require… -
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Negative term SPCs - a positive outcome
The CJEU has recently issued a decision allowing SPCs to be granted with negative terms. Whilst this might initially seem surprising it is actually an encouraging outcome for innovator pharmaceutical companies. -
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Inventive Step - Is it Still Plausible?
Readers will be aware that the ‘problem-and-solution approach’ is used by the EPO to determine the question of inventive step. -
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Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Schemes Extended
The US, Japanese and European patent offices have announced their agreement to extend their trilateral patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot schemes, which were due to expire on 28 January 2012. In addition, the PCT-PPH scheme for international applications has also been extended by two years for the cases where the… -
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EPO Rule Changes from 1 April 2012
EPO official fees are going up. The increase is generally in the region of 5% to 10%. The new fees apply to payments made on or after 1 April 2012, except in the case of the fee for an international search and any transmittal fee which apply to international applications… -
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Yves Saint Laurent bags registered Community designs
The General Court (GC) has declared two Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) registered Community designs (RCDs) for handbags valid in reaching the conclusion that invalidation actions brought by H&M were unfounded. -
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Enlarged Board of Appeal: Surgical Methods (G1/07)
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has been asked to provide guidance on what constitutes a "surgical method" within the meaning of Article 52(4) EPC. This referral is pending as G1/07.
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