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Sweden’s Proposed Patents Act
On 11 April 2024, the Swedish Council on Legislation was presented with a new Swedish Patents Act proposal. The
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding negative features in a claim (i.e. disclaimers).
The use of undisclosed disclaimers in a filed application has been practiced since the start of the EPC (European
Amended rules relating to the refund of the examination fee
Today the rules relating to fees stipulates that the examination fee will be refunded in full if the European
Exclusive competence of the UPC – is it time to develop opt-out strategies?
The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), “the Court”, will enter into force four months after the 13th
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
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
Claiming a non-therapeutic use with inseparably associated therapeutic effect
A use of a substance or composition for the treatment of humans by therapy is excluded from patentability according
A visit to the Copenhagen office
This week has so far been one of the most interesting weeks in the Specialist programme (soon to be
Software inventions: The BGH confirms examination approach
Software inventions: The BGH confirms examination approach By its judgment in X ZR 121/09 (Webseitenanzeige), the German Federal
EPO’s fight against divisional applications
EPO is seeking to limit the submission of divisional applications, which would be a severe blow to small, newly