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1	European Patent Convention 2000 - 20/12/2007
	"EPC 2000" is a substantial change to the European Patent Convention (EPC) and will come into force ....(more)....

2	Norway and the Republic of Croatia join the EPC - 11/12/2007
	The EPC gains two new contracting states as of 1 January 2008, bringing the number of EPC contractin....(more)....

3	US Rule changes - update - 10/12/2007
	The US Patent and Trademarks Office intended to carry out a number of significant rule changes which....(more)....

4	French Government ratifies agreement reducing the costs of European patents - 16/10/2007
	The aim of reducing the cost of patent translations post grant in Europe has long been talked about.....(more)....

5	Major change in UK Trade Mark Examination - 10/09/2007
	October 1, 2007 will see the introduction of radically different official procedures in the e....(more)....

6	All Change in UK TM Exam Procedures - 24/07/2007
	The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) informs us it will make changes to the Trade Mark Exami....(more)....

7	EPO confirms patentee-friendly divisional practice EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decision on divisional application (G1/05 and G1/06) - 23/07/2007
	The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has just issued its long-awaited decision in respect of div....(more)....

8	Japan-UK Pilot Patent Highway - 17/07/2007
	Following in the steps of the recent UK-EP pilot project, the UK Patent Office [UKIPO] and the Japan....(more)....

9	New EBA Referral from T 0083/05 – Breadth of Exclusion under Article 53(b) - 22/06/2007
	The Referral: In the interlocutory decision T 0083/05, the Technical Board of Appeal r....(more)....

10	Divisional Applications (EPO referrals) - update - 04/06/2007
	Further to our previous articles on the three referrals from different Technical Boards of Appeal (T....(more)....

11	New referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal at EPO re excluded medical method (G1/07) - 25/04/2007
	In interlocutory decision T....(more)....

12	Farewell UKPO…and hello UKIPO! - 16/04/2007
	As of 2 April 2007, the UK Patent Office changed its name to the UK Intellectual Property Office, in....(more)....

13	New accelerated EP search procedure for GB-originating applications - 16/04/2007
	From 1 April 2007, applicants filing an EP application claiming priority from a searched GB applicat....(more)....

14	EPO President does not refer Macrossan questions to EBA - 06/03/2007
	In last year's Aerotel Ltd v. Telco Holdings Ltd &....(more)....

15	Malta joins the EPC - 02/03/2007
	As of 1st March 2007, Malta has become the 32nd contracting state to the EPC. Malta may be designate....(more)....

16	Priority documents at the EPO - 18/01/2007
	The EPO has published the following Decision which concerns the filing of priority documents from 16....(more)....

17	Malta accedes to the European Patent Convention - 08/01/2007
	The EPO has now reported on its website the accession of Malta to the EPC ....(more)....

18	European Community to join international design registration system - 08/01/2007
	The European Council has announced that the European Community will become a signatory to the Geneva....(more)....

19	Enlargement of the European Union - 05/01/2007
	On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania exceeded to the European Union, which is the sixth time it ha....(more)....

20	Implementing Regulations and the Rules Relating to Fees for EPC 2000 - 02/01/2007
	In preparation for the coming into force of the amended European Patent Convention “EPC 2000” on 13 ....(more)....

21	K&S Attorney on Macrossan-Aerotel UK Court of Appeal Judgement - 01/01/2007
	K&S Attorney, Gareth Fennell, writing with Chris Thornham, SJ Berwin LLP, have published an arti....(more)....

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