AWA Point
Author: Troels Peter Rørdam
Andorran patent law enters into force
In the heart of the Pyrenees Mountains, on the border between France and Spain, lies a small independent country.
Italy joins the unitary patent!
On 30 September 2015, Italy joined the unitary patent. Italy will thus form part of both the unitary patent
European patents can now be validated in Moldova
On 1 November 2015 an agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Agency on Intellectual Property
The Global Patent Prosecution Highway expands in the heat of summer
As summer, at least here in Denmark, finally heats up, so does the PPH thus giving both Danish and
First non-European country begins validating European patents
As earlier announced on the Awapatent IP Blog here, Tunisia and Morocco has signed an agreement with the EPO
New Patent Prosecution Highway possibilities for both Danish, Swedish and European applicants
As the PPH expands further, both Danish, Swedish and indeed European patent applicants are offered new possibilities of speeding
European patent validation in Morocco and Tunisia
Recently, the EPO has initiated work on a new interesting possibility for European patent applicants. Namely, the EPO has
Sweden and China make new Patent Prosecution Highway agreement
Effective 1 July 2014 the PRV (Sweden) and the SIPO (China) started a new PPH-agreement thus offering especially our
Blog entry #2 on new Rule 6 EPC
Will some applications be left with no Rule 6 EPC applicable following its amendment? Following my previous blog entry
Introduction of fee reductions for small entities before the EPO
Effective 1 April 2014 the Administrative Council (AC) of the EPO has changed the rules for obtaining reduction on