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EPO fee refund rules for abandoned patent applications
When a European application is abandoned for commercial reasons, it is sometimes possible to obtain a refund of some of the European Patent Office (EPO) fees paid for the application. -
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IP & Brexit - UK & European patent law and practice
The UK has voted to leave the European Union. In this edition of our newsletter, we consider the impact of ‘Brexit’ on UK and European intellectual property law and practice. -
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US fast-tracks cancer immunology patent examinations
On 29 June 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began a pilot program to provide for earlier review of patent applications pertaining to cancer immunotherapy (the"Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program"). -
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The patent box is dead long live the patent box!
The new patent box scheme received royal assent on 15 September 2016 On 30 June 2016, the patent box scheme was closed to new entrants (although those already in the scheme can continue to make use of it until June 2021). The closure was precipitated by objections from several EU… -
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Patent privateers - plain sailing or time to jump ship?
Smartphone litigation has attracted a lot of media attention over the past few years. As a result of this, the media has chosen some quite imaginative names. One famous name is 'patent troll' to refer the rather less cool sounding 'non-practising entity' or NPE. Another name that has been adopted… -
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EU SPCs: the question of valid marketing authorisation
There are a number of requirements which must be met in order to be granted a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) in a member state of the EU. One of these requirements is that, in the member state in which the application is made and at the date of that application,… -
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Nike v Adidas - knitted footwear war runs on
The Rio Olympics may now be a memory, but over the past few years two sportswear manufacturers have been battling it out in court, with patents being the field of play. -
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Unjustified patent infringement threats
Unjustified threats remain an odd quirk of intellectual property law in the UK for patents, trade marks and designs. The underlying reasoning behind Section 70 Patents Act 1977 (PA '77) is to prevent what amounts to mere 'sabre-rattling' by a patent proprietor against commercial entities and end users who may… -
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Amendments to the Patents Rules 2007
On 02 August 2016 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published the UK Government's response to a consultation seeking views on a number of proposed amendments to the Patents Rules 2007. -
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Order from the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G 1/15
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently issued an order which apparently summarises their conclusions with respect to the issue of "poisonous divisionals".
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