IP Updates
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Newsletter - Trademarks
UK Trademark Applications - Changes in Opposition Procedure
18 Sep 2008 number 132
Newsletter - Trademarks
Change in the UK Trademark Practice - Relative grounds
14 Sep 2007 number 124
Newsletter - Patents
EPO Divisional Applications: The Enlarged Board confirms former practice (Decisions G 1/05 and G 1/06)
06 Jul 2007 number 123
Newsletter - Medical
No Supplementary Protection is available for new indications of previously authorised active ingredients.
06 Jun 2007 number 122
Patents
EPC2000: A Revision of the European Patent Convention (summary version)
04 May 2007 number 121
Patents
Extensions to supplementary protection certificates arising from paediatric trials
16 Feb 2007 number 119
Medical
No Supplementary protection is available for reformulations (For the same indication) of known active agents (ECJ DECISION C-431/04) (Condensed)
25 May 2006 number 114
Medical
No Supplementary protection is available for reformulations (For the same indication) of known active agents (ECJ DECISION C-431/04)(Full)
25 May 2006
General and Patents and Trademarks
Recordal Of Patent And Trademark Assignments And Licenses
16 Dec 2005 number 112
Patents
Potential Problems With The Filing Of EPO Divisional Patent Applications
08 Nov 2005 number 110
Medical
The Date Of A Swiss Marketing Authorisation Can Determine The Duration Of A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)
11 May 2005 number 101
Trademarks
Madrid Protocol To Obtain Trademark Protection In The European Community
15 Dec 2004 number 98
Case Law and European Patent Convention
EPO Rules That Disclaimers Are (Sometimes) Allowable
25 May 2004 number 94
PCT
Now Even Chapter I PCT Applications Can Enter The Epo At 31 Months From Priority
21 Jan 2002 number 76
Trademarks
Community Trademark Applications: Priority Claims from US Applications
19 Sep 2001 number 73
Community Patent and European Patent Convention
The European Commission Proposes The Creation Of A Community Patent
25 Aug 2000 number 69
Biotechnology, European Patent Convention and Patents
Plants (and, by analogy, animals) are patentable at the EPO
24 Dec 1999 number 67
Biotechnology, European Patent Convention and Patents
Patentability of Biotechnological Inventions at the European Patent Office
27 Aug 1999 number 66
Biotechnology and European Patent Convention
Requirement to Provide Information Characterising Deposits of Biological Material
27 Aug 1999 number 65
Biotechnology and Case Law
Recent Decision Of The English High Court Concerning "New Use" Claims
17 Feb 1999 number 58
Enforcement and European Patent Convention
Parallel EPO Opposition & English Proceedings
22 Sep 1998 number 53
Biotechnology
EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions
17 Jun 1998 number 50
European Patent Convention and Plant Protection
Patenting of Plants and Animals in Europe
17 Jun 1998 number 49
Non EU Countries - Hong Kong
New Hong Kong Registered Design and Copyright Law
07 Jul 1997 number 45
Plant Protection
Supplementary Protection Certificates for Plant Protection Products
21 Mar 1997 number 40
Non EU Countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 Apr 1996 number 32
Case Law and European Patent Convention
European Patent Office Confirms Validity of US Provisional Patent Applications as a Basis for Claiming Priority
30 Jan 1996 number 26
Trademarks
UK Trademark Registrations - New Opportunity to Protect Trade Dress
30 Jun 1995 number 22
Non EU Countries - Singapore
Patents in Singapore - Change of Law 23 February 1995
07 Feb 1995 number 21
European Patent Convention and Patents
Extension of Euro Patents to Slovenia and Lithuania
20 Oct 1994 number 20
Biotechnology and Patents
Differences in Patentability of Nucleotide Sequences in the EPO and USA
25 Mar 1994 number 16
European Patent Convention
Finland Becomes Party to the European Patent Convention
01 Mar 1994 number 31
Biotechnology
Corrections of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Errors at the EPO
29 Oct 1993 number 7
Customs, Non EU Countries - Hong Kong and Patents
New Patent System in Hong Kong
30 Jun 1993 number 5
