• EPO: amended rules to come into effect on 1st april 2009.
A 35th contracting state on 1st january 2009. [click here]
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• Amendments to the French IP Law: Law on Modernization of the Economy. [click here]
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• New fee schedule at the French Patent Office – reduction of official fees for “small entities” – updated provisions. [click here]
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| • The London Agreement has entered into force on 1 May 2008.[click here]
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| • EPC 2000 - no translation of the priority document required anymore.[click here]
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| • Provision of Information on Prior Art during Prosecution of French National Patent Applications.[click here]
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• ECJ specifies the articles 10.1 and 12.1 of the Directive on Trademarks.[click here]
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• Community Trade Marks and Designs: Notification No. 2/06 dated 19 June 2006 from the President of the OHIM concerning the enlargement of the European Union taking effect on 1 January 2007.[click here]
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| The .eu Top Level Domain Names (TLD). [click here] |
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• The Draft European Directive on Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions rejected by the European Parliament. [click here]
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• Copyright: the principle of reciprocity was found to be discriminating in the E.U. [click here]
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• Reform of the PCT as of 1st January 2004. [click here]
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• The adhesion of the European Community to the Madrid Protocol. [click here]
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| • Trademarks : new classification of products and services. [click here] |
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