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Vans: court finds Vans' fashion application out of line
The General Court (GC) has dismissed an appeal against a ruling of the Board of Appeal (BoA) that a sign consisting of a single wavy line was not distinctive in relation to fashion items. -
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Change in circumstances: Still a right to be heard?
This article discusses a recent General Court (GC) decision that set out certain conditions under which an applicant's interests in bringing proceedings will remain, despite a change in status of earlier marks relied on in the original opposition proceedings. -
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Unwrapping the patent box: Changes are on their way
In early November, the UK and Germany released a joint statement announcing an intention to end the existing UK patent box scheme. Doug Ealey asks what might replace the scheme, what this might mean for business in the UK and what steps can still be taken to make use of… -
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Huawei v ZTE: standards and standard essential patents
Standards play an important role in the establishment of modern electronics/computing devices, especially in fields such as telecommunications or broadcasting where interoperability is required. A 'standard essential patent' (SEP) – a patent which would necessarily be infringed by any products implementing the standard – can therefore be extremely valuable. -
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Exhaustion of plant variety rights:KANZI nicoter apples
Once material of a protected variety has been disposed of to others, the plant variety right (PVR) is in principle - there are some exceptions - exhausted. This is under the condition that the disposal took place by the holder of the right or at least with the right holder's… -
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Examination division need certified translation
In this recent decision, the Board of Appeal (BoA) had to consider the suitability of a machine translation of a cited document which had been used to refuse a claim for lack of inventive step. -
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EPO PCT Direct benefits for international applications
From 1 November 2014, the European Patent Office (EPO) offers their new 'PCT Direct' service for international applications filed as Receiving Office (RO). -
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Unitary Patent: Spains challenge should be rejected
Advocate General Yves Bot today advised the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) to reject the challenge of the Kingdom of Spain to the unitary patent. -
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Global patent prosecution highway (GPPH) pilot
On 1 November 2014, two new Offices – the Austrian Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore - signed up to the global patent prosecution highway (GPPH) Pilot Programme, bringing the total number of participating offices to 19. -
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EPO launches PCT Direct service
From 1st November 2014, the European Patent Office (EPO) will offer their new 'PCT Direct' service for international applications filed as Receiving Office (RO).
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