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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).
  

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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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  Qatar Becomes PCT Contracting State

  Posted on 10 May 2011
  Qatar (QA) became the 143rd PCT Contracting State on 3 May 2011. The PCT will enter into force for that State on 3 August 2011.
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  The Hargreaves Review: Intellectual Property and Growth

  Posted on 01 June 2011
  Professor Ian Hargreaves has now completed his independent review of intellectual property and growth, commissioned by the UK government, and the report has been published.
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  T1854/07: plant varieties in European Patent Law

  Posted on 13 July 2011
  European patent EP-B-1 185 161 (which published as WO00/74469) had claims which were directed to sunflower seeds that contain a specific modified fatty acid composition obtainable by crossing a specific high stearic sunflower breeding line (CAS-3) with a high palmitic line and selecting seed of F2 generations in which the…

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