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The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) recently issued its decision G4/19 relating to double patenting[more]
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a 20 million Euro grant scheme created to help European obtain intellectual property rights[more]
The French patent office just launched an accelerated procedure to grant applications dealing with COVID-19[more]
The GCC (comprising Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Koweit, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar) stops accepting new patent applications.[more]
A delay for entry into force of unitary patent system is to be expected[more]
The French patent office (INPI) and the Japanese Patent Office will enter as of 01/01/2021 into a PPH agreement[more]
33 skippers take part in this new edition[more]
Registered EUTMs and EUTM applications after Brexit[more]
UK will leave EU after the transition period that ends on 31/12/2020. [more]
UK will leave EU after the transition period that ends on 31/12/2020. [more]
A recent decision from CJEU specified what is a first marketing authorisation[more]
A consolidated version of Ordinance 2020-306 was published on May 15, 2020.According to this new version, all delays expiring between March 12, 2020 and June 23, 2020 are extended up to July 23, 2020 if the initial delay was...[more]
Patentability of plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes[more]
EPO further extended to June 2nd, 2020 all time limits expiring on or after March 15th, 2020.See updated information page of EPO here.[more]
EPO further extended to May 4th, 2020 all time limits expiring on or after March 15th, 2020.See updated information page of EPO here.[more]
EPO clarifies the date at which the new amounts of fees as from April 1st are due[more]
Due dates and delays during the outbreak[more]
Decree 2020-225 specifying the particulars of the new opposition proceedings against a granted French patent was published on March 8, 2020[more]
Order 2020-116 published on February 13, 2020 introduces new opposition proceedings for patents in France[more]
Law n°2019-486 dated 22/05/2019 relating to growth and transformation of businesses, referred to as PACTE Law, brings numerous changes to French patent law.[more]
EPO considers that the requirement of designation of inventor was not met.[more]
European Union becomes the fifth member of this international system.[more]
On 17/12/2012, a Portuguese individual filed a European trademark application "NEYMAR" for designating clothing, shoes and headgear. This trademark was registered in 2013, and the Brazilian footballer Neymar acted to cancel this...[more]
The President of the EPO has submitted questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal which relate to the patentability of plants exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes in order to clarify the legal framework...[more]
Two EUIPO cancellation decisions remind us of the importance of the evidence of use to be provided to prove the serious use of a European Union trademark when it has been registered for more than five years.[more]
On 10/04/2019, the due date for UK leaving the European Union has been postponed to 31/10/2019.As indicated in our news dated November 2018, for EUTMs and RCDs that are soon to be renewed, renew your rights before EUIPO before...
Our company achieved recognition as one of the top 10 recommended Trademark Firms in France in the Trademark Lawyer Magazine’s 2019 rankings.
In a recent decision dated February 6, 2019, concerning the French part of European patent EP1180186, the French Supreme Court reaffirmed that in France, there cannot be an infringement under the doctrine of equivalents when the...
In a judgment dated 15/02/2019, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the refusal by the French Office of the French trademark application "PAPERSCENT" which had been filed to designate in particular "Fragrances and aromas for...[more]
In decision T1063/18 rendered on 05/12/2018, the Board of Appeal asserted that Rule 28(2) EPC, that was introduced into EPC following decisions G2/12 and G2/13 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal and was intended to ensure...[more]
The latest developments relating to Brexit are that, even if a deal was reached, nothing is yet sure as several validation steps are required before final acceptance of the negotiated deal. However, the chances of UK leaving the...[more]
Judgement T 651/16 dated 14/03/2018 of the General Court[more]
Our company achieved recognition as one of the top five firms in France in the Trademark Lawyer Magazine’s 2018 rankings.[more]
As a reminder, the admissibility of disclaimers (negative limitations) is laid down in decisions G 1/03 and G 2/03 which stipulate that :« I. An amendment to a claim by the introduction of a disclaimer may...[more]
The European Commission recently sent a notice (https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/26683?locale=en) to holders of and applicants for European Union trade marks (EUTM) and Community designs (RCD), pointing out that Brexit is...[more]
From 1 December 2017 and the entry into force of the agreement on validation of European patents between the European Patent Office (EPO) and Tunisia, European patent applications and patents will be possibly validated in Tunisia...[more]
On 9 March 2017, Jordan deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT, thus becoming the 152nd Contracting State of the PCT, and on 9 June 2017, will become bound by the PCT. Consequently, any international...[more]
It is the 12th member state of the Unitary Patent project to do so. In order for the Unitary patent to enter into force, Germany and UK still have to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement.See status of ratifications here. [more]
An agreement has been signed according to which the validity of a European patent application and of the European patent obtained on the basis of this application could be extended to Cambodia upon request of the...[more]
Decision G1/15 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding partial priorities was just issued by EPO.According to this decision, a generic OR claim encompassing alternative subject matter may not be refused partial priority,...[more]