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  Exploiting a Patented Invention

  Posted on 25 March 2010
  Patents are national rights which have a direct effect only in their own jurisdiction. While many of the issues discussed below will be relevant to the exploitation of patents in a number of jurisdictions, some aspects of patent law and commercial practice may differ across jurisdictions, and the following information…
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  What is the effect of a granted patent?

  Posted on 25 October 2010
  Once a patent has granted, rights under the patent are enforceable. These rights have a limited life span. Furthermore, specific acts must be carried out to keep the patent in force. These issues will be discussed below.
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  Filing European Divisional Applications

  Posted on 25 March 2010
  A divisional application is an application that has been divided from an earlier (“parent”) application. The earlier parent application may itself be a divisional application. A divisional application takes the same filing date as the parent application. Therefore, the divisional application will have a maximum patent term expiring at the…
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  European Patent Office (EPO) Opposition Procedure

  Posted on 25 March 2010
  The European Patent Convention (EPC) provides an opposition procedure which allows the validity of granted European patents to be challenged. Any person may file an opposition, and the identity of the opponent need not be revealed to the European Patent Office (EPO) or the patent proprietor during opposition proceedings. Although…
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  Strategies for International Patent Protection

  Posted on 25 March 2010
  Typically, an inventor or their employer will file a patent application in their home country. This tends to be convenient as it allows the inventor to talk directly with their patent attorney while preparing and filing the application – and it can also be a legal requirement in some countries.…
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  Requirements for Filing a Patent Application

  Posted on 25 March 2010
  The requirements for filing a patent application are illustrated in this article with reference to the filing of a patent application in the United Kingdom (UK).
  

  Cathrine McGowan

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  Simon O'Brien

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  G 3/08: Patentability of Programs for Computers

  Posted on 18 May 2010
  The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has released its opinion in the case of G 3/08 concerning the patentability of programs for computers.
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  Schlumberger�� v Electromagnetic Geoservices

  Posted on 06 August 2010
  Obviousness and sufficiency are two of the most important criteria for judging validity of a patent under UK and European law. Both are assessed through the eyes of the nominal ‘person skilled in the art’. In a decision handed down last week, the Court of Appeal has provided for the…
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  European Patents Court Incompatible with EU Treaties

  Posted on 11 March 2011
  The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the effect that the proposed pan-European Patents Court falls foul of EU law is (unfortunately) not surprising.
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  Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG

  Posted on 29 March 2011
  Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG - Inventive Steps After Routine Procedures

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