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EPO streamlines patent application to grant
Frustration and grumbles about the sometimes extraordinary lengths of time the European Patent Office (EPO) can take to process a patent application through to grant are commonplace. Following consultation the EPO has now announced an ’Early Certainty from Search’ scheme aimed at improving its service -
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CJ rules safeners eligible for SPC protection
In a recent decision (case C-13/11), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) has ruled that a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) can be granted for a safener. The decision is welcome news for applicants and much clearer than recent SPC decisions which have raised more questions than answers. -
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Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court progress update
On Friday 6 June the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court published a second progress report on the implementation of the 'Patent Package', which comprises the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court. -
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Alice Corp: an end to the US patent wonderland?
In Europe, obtaining patent protection for electronic systems and computer programs in the areas of business and commerce has long been problematic. However, the US has always been a jurisdiction where applicants had far fewer problems in this regard; if the claims were drafted in an appropriate manner, the patent… -
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Splash in the deepening pool of Chinese prior art
A recent decision handed down from the UK Court of Appeal illustrates the potential treasure trove of prior art available for parties challenging the validity of patents. Conversely, it also presents a potential headache for patent applicants and proprietors defending any such validity attack. -
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Guide to the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
The IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a pilot programme between the five largest IP offices (Europe, Japan, Korea, China and the US) to allow faster and more efficient examination. The PPH allows these five offices to exploit search and examination reports (‘work products’) previously issued by another IP5 office. -
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Actavis v Lilly: file wrapper estoppel in the UK?
In the seminal UK case on claim construction, Kirin Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel, Lord Hoffmann, who gave the leading speech, commented that because Article 69 EPC focuses the scope of protection on the language of the claims, there was no doctrine of equivalents in Europe. -
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A cease fire for Apple v Google?
On Friday 16 May 2014 it was announced that Apple and Google have reached a decision to drop the ongoing lawsuits between them and will work together to reform patent law. -
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Motorola and Samsung: SEP anti-competition guidance
In the latest development in the smartphones war, the European Commission has now issued two decisions in respect of standard essential patents (SEPs), fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitments and anti-competition rules. -
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Sweden moves towards the unitary patent
The Swedish parliament are currently considering two patent bills, one of which mainly concerns amendments necessary for the adaptation of their law to the unitary patent system
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