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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
An unknown exception error at the EPO
We recently blogged about how the EPO has introduced the concept of small entities for obtaining fee reductions in
Adopting a stricter view on ethics?
The everyday work of an IP attorney may seem to amount largely to pencil pushing, but it does in
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
Wider scope of protection for Swedish patents?
Last week the Swedish government referred an amendment of the Swedish patent law to the Council on Legislation for
Russian documents unveiled
Russian is the 22nd available language in Patent Translate, a machine translation tool specially tuned – by Google and
Cooperative Patent Classification – Time to prepare for the launch
Almost a year ago I wrote on the Awapatent IP Blog about the efforts of the EPO and USPTO to
The Patent Prosecution Highway expands
I have previously written about the PPH MOTTAINAI agreement, which aims at easing the requirements for requesting patent examinations. The latest
EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal repeats obligation to raise objections in time
Last week, the European Patent Office released two new decisions by the Enlarged Board of Appeal on petitions for
Patentability of inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has recently issued a decision clarifying the situation on patentability, in