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IP & Brexit: designs - time to start planning!
There are now less than eight months to go until the end of the current Brexit transition period – which is currently set to terminate on 31 December 2020. This date has important ramifications for all users of the registered Community design (RCD) system, and in particular those that currently… -
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G 3/19: plants produced by essentially biological processes not patentable
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently handed down its highly anticipated decision regarding the allowability of product and product-by-process claims in which the product is exclusively obtained by an essentially biological process. -
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Covid-19: EPO extends opposition period for European patents
Up to nine months after publication of the mention that a European patent has been granted anyone may give the European Patent Office (EPO) notice of opposition to the patent. The nine-month opposition period, if expiring on or after 15 March 2020, has currently been extended until 02 June 2020… -
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Standing up and speaking out: a conversation about diversity, positive change, justice and equality
We recently attended “Standing Up and Speaking Out", a joint event organised by ChIPs and the Corporate Counsel Women of Color. ChIPs is a global community which advances and connects women in technology, law and policy. D Young & Co partner Dr Zöe Clyde-Watson has summarised the evening's discussion -
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WIPO alert: requests for payment of fees
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently alerted PCT applicants and agents to a new scam where rogue invitations are being sent requesting fees. These invitations have not been sent from WIPO and are unrelated to the processing of international applications under the PCT. WIPO warns that the registration… -
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G 4/19: double patenting at the European Patent Office
The pending referral G 4/19, from the appeal of T 318/14, seeks answers from the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding the issue of double patenting at the European Patent Office (EPO). G 4/19 is a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under the provisions of Article 112(1) EPC, where… -
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Time to be demanding: getting additional value from the PCT patent application procedure
In the context of obtaining patent protection in a number of territories around the world, this is often achieved via the use of an international PCT patent application. -
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Unified Patent Court and unitary patent: end of the road or just another bump?
At the end of March 2020, EPO President Campinos pronounced strong support for the statement by the German Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, Christine Lambrecht, of her intention to remedy the deficiencies in the legislative procedure which led to the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) declaring the agreement by… -
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Please specify me! CJEU tightens the net on SPC eligibility
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has once again tightened the criteria on what types of patents for authorised pharmaceutical products can be extended by means of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs). This decision could have wide repercussions for many SPCs, both existing and in the future, and… -
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Remote working: were EPO VICO ready!
Building on our experience with video conference oral proceedings, we are able to confirm that following extensive testing with the European Patent Office (EPO), our attorneys and solicitors are able to conduct all proceedings remotely using video conferencing (VICO) systems.
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