Keep abreast of European and UK Intellectual Property news from Kilburn & Strode http://www.kstrode.co.uk en-gb Kilburn & Strode marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) http://www.kstrode.co.uk/pf_logo.jpg http://www.kstrode.co.uk Kilburn & Strode In May 2008 we reported the summary judgement against proposed rule changes at the USPTO which would have firstly severely curtailed applicants' options to file continuation application, secondly... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=350&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:00 GMT In the UK, the High Court recently considered infringement and invalidity proceedings in relation to a computer-related patent granted by the EPO (EP Patent No. 0625760B1). This decision is of interest as the Court was considering a computer... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=348&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:03:00 GMT The EPO have announced that oral proceedings for the Enlarged Board of Appeal referral G 4/08 will be held on 16th November 2009... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=346&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:30:00 GMT Further to our news item 12 May 2008, the EPO have announced the Oral Proceedings for the Enlarged Board of Appeal referral G2/08 will take place on 5 November 2009... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=345&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:42:00 GMT The UKIPO announced on 12 May 2009 an initiative to enable applicants for patent applications concerning environmentally-friendly or "green" technology to request accelerated examination of their patent applications... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=343&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 12 May 2009 10:28:00 GMT The registration fee is abolished as from 1 May 2009. The basic application fee will increase slightly from that date by EUR150. This means close to a 40% reduction in official fees for new CTM applications. However, file before 1 May 2009 to gain an additional saving of EUR150 on the new fee (with no registration... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=341&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:15:00 GMT The Administrative Council of the EPO has decided to change some of the Implementing Regulations of the European Patent Convention, which will come into force on 1st April 2010. The changes having the most important consequences are... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=340&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:57:00 GMT The EPO has introduced significant changes to the rules governing when and under what conditions a divisional application may be filed. The new rules will take effect as of 1 April 2010. The changes and their significance are explained briefly below... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=339&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:51:00 GMT As foreshadowed in our website notice of 4 January 2008, the EPO has introduced a new fee structure due to come into force on 1 April 2009. A Notice from the EPO dated 26 January 2009 sets out the implementation of the new fee structure... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=337&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:03:00 GMT The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has revised its Practice Note with regard to the patentability of inventions concerning hES cells. The note has been updated following the outcome of the WARF referral G 2/06 to the Enlarged Board of... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=336&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:14:00 GMT The European Patent Convention, which sets out the patent law that the European Patent Office (EPO) applies, states that programs for computers shall not be regarded as inventions susceptible to being granted European patents. However, this... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=335&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:46:00 GMT Kilburn & Strode is proud to be a sponsoring partner of the Rushlight Awards, a celebration and rewarding of the leading organizations throughout the UK and Ireland which have furthered environmental technology and innovation in the fields of renewable... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=334&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:23:00 GMT The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its long-awaited judgment on November 27, 2008 in Intel Corporation Inc. v CPM United Kingdom Ltd., Case C-252/07, clarifying (mainly) some of... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=332&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:19:00 GMT Kilburn & Strode is pleased to release Issue 15 of our Newsletter, available to download (including previous issues) from our website... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=331&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:21:00 GMT The UKIPO has today launched its new website under its new name the "Intellectual Property Office". The website now has a dedicated section for... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=330&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:07:00 GMT Decision G 2/06 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) at the European Patent Office was issued on 25 November 2008. This decision relates to a number of questions on the patentability of inventions concerning human embryonic stem cells... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=329&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:15:00 GMT The EPC gains a new contracting state as of 1 January 2009, bringing the number of EPC contracting states to a total of 35. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK) can be designated in a European patent application or in the European designation of a PCT application filed on or after that date... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=328&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:06:00 GMT A decision of the EPO's administrative council dated 21 October 2008 entitles an applicant who is both a national of, and resident in, a state which is listed by the World Bank as a low-income... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=327&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:59:00 GMT The EPO President, Alison Brimelow, has made a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO concerning the patentability of... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=326&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:12:00 GMT The International Bureau (IB) at WIPO has announced changes in the codes used for published international patent applications as of 1st January 2009... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=324&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:21:00 GMT The UK Court of Appeal has confirmed the High Court's judgment in its decision to overturn the UK IPO's refusal of Symbian's UK patent application relating to a computer program. The Court of Appeal held that "a technical innovation, whether within or outside the computer will normally... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=323&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:19:00 GMT We are very pleased to announce that Elizabeth Crooks, Richard Howson and Iain Stewart became Partners of the Firm on 1 October 2008... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=322&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMT On 1st October 2008 a number of changes to the Trade Mark Rules, the secondary legislation governing the UK Trade Mark system, come into effect. The key changes are as follows... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=321&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:54:00 GMT The Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has decided that, when a request is made for the EPO to hear a witness on the details of alleged public prior use, the EPO must grant this request before deciding that the alleged public prior use is neither established nor novelty destroying... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=320&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:12:00 GMT The Lords in this judgement reversed the decisions of the Judges in the Patents Court and the Court of Appeal and, in so doing, agreed with the decision of the District Court of the Hague on the same patent... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=317&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:24:00 GMT Kilburn &Strode has released Issue 14 (Summer 2008) of our regular newsletter... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=316&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:12:00 GMT European law has developed two distinct strands of consumer protection: (i) trade mark law, which generally aims at preventing the mischief of confusing consumers by different traders employing similar marks for similar goods and services, and (ii) law regulating advertising in which a trader makes comparisons between... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=315&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:12:00 GMT The Court of Appeal have recently passed judgment on a pharmaceutical patent case (Actavis v Merck, England &Wales Court of Appeal, 21 May 2008, Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWCA Civ 444) in which it decided that claims directed to new and non-obvious dosage regimes could be patentable... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=313&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Tue, 27 May 2008 09:53:00 GMT On 7th May 2008 the EPO published notice of two new referrals of questions of law to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under references G1/08 and G 2/08. In G1/08 the following questions have been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=312&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Mon, 12 May 2008 14:26:00 GMT As previously reported, The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) intended to carry out a number of significant rule changes which were due to come into force in November last year. The changes, amongst other effects, would restrict the availability of... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=311&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Fri, 09 May 2008 12:31:00 GMT The EPO has announced the creation of an online calendar for public oral proceedings at the EPO concerning oppositions or appeals. View the full article for further details... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=310&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode) Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:54:00 GMT The EPO announced on 28th April 2008 that it would be setting up a pilot 'Patent Prosecution Highway'. Such programmes are increasing in popularity around the world as national patent offices strive to reduce the backlog of unexamined patent applications. The EPO pilot study is due to come into force... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=309&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:23:00 GMT The Criminal Enforcement Directive (CED) is an initiative by the EU law making authorities to harmonise the definition and enforcement of criminal sanctions in relation to some forms of IP infringement. It follows on from the civil enforcement directive which has been implemented across the EU and which harmonised various aspects of civil IP litigation. The CED, however, has not yet been implemented and is comparatively early in the law making process. Originally covering all IP it has already been restricted by amendment to exclude patents in the face of strong criticism that this could cause enormous problems to legitimate business. The amended version is still subject to criticism and the process currently seems to have stalled altogether. Apart from question marks as to the power of the EU to deal with criminal law issues, the main criticism is that the CED goes far beyond its main purpose. The idea is that piracy and counterfeiting should be dealt with as strongly as possible by member states and the CED would certainly create appropriate powers to do this. However it is framed so broadly that any number of other commercial activities could be significantly impeded if it came into force in its current form. As a result the process has slowed for the time being and the CED is nowhere near coming into force. It has, at least, stimulated an interesting and useful debate about IP enforcement, however... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=308&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:10:00 GMT The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) intended to carry out a number of significant rule changes which were due to come into force in November last year. The changes, amongst other effects, would restrict the availability of divisional or continuation applications and also, in practice, the number of claims which can be presented in an application. A civil action has been filed against these rule changes and as a consequence... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=305&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:37:00 GMT Kilburn and Strode are pleased to announce the immediate release of the Spring 2008 issue of our Newsletter. To view the newsletter in PDF format visit our website... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=304&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:28:00 GMT On 18th March 2008 a judgment was issued by the High Court in Symbian Limited v Comptroller General of Patents. The case was an appeal by Symbian against a decision from the UKIPO to refuse one of their UK patent applications. The same claims at question in this case were allowed by the EPO... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=302&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:42:00 GMT Further to our advisory note of 04/01/08, the European Patent Office has now published a further guidance notice on 5th March 2008 on changes to payment of excess claims fees due to come into force on 1st April 2008... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=299&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:34:00 GMT Following the recent Astron Clinica High Court case, the UK IPO has issued a practice notice stating that "examiners will no longer object to claims to a computer program or a program on a carrier". The notice indicates that the wording of the computer program claim will need to reflect the novelty and inventive step of the other independent claim(s)... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=298&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:22:00 GMT The London Agreement, which allows for reduced translation costs upon validation of a granted European patent in some national states, will come into effect on 1 May 2008... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=296&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:22:00 GMT The Administrative Council of the EPO announced on 14 December 2007 important new fee changes... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=294&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:36:00 GMT The EPC gains two new contracting states as of 1 January 2008, bringing the number of EPC contracting states to a total of 34. Norway (NO) and the Republic of Croatia (HR) can each be designated in a European patent application or in the European designation of a PCT application filed on or after that date... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=290&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:40:00 GMT The US Patent and Trademarks Office intended to carry out a number of significant rule changes which were due to come into force on 1 November 2007. The changes, amongst other effects, would restrict the availability of divisional or continuation applications and also, in practice, the number of claims which can be presented in an application. A civil action... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=289&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT The aim of reducing the cost of patent translations post grant in Europe has long been talked about. The mechanism to put the idea into effect was initially agreed in London on 17 October 2000, and has since been referred to as the London Agreement... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=285&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT EPC 2000 is a substantial change to the European Patent Convention (EPC) and will come into force on 13th December 2007. The main purpose of the revised... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/epc2000.asp marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Kilburn &Strode are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 11 of our firm's newsletter, with highlights including news on EPC2000 and what it means to you, the London Agreement, and changes to the UK Trade Mark examination procedures. Issue 11 and previous archived issues are available in PDF format from our website. kstrode.co.uk. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=282&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Kilburn &Strode are pleased to announce that we are now working with the UK Trade &Investment, Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP), in assisting GEP client businesses relocate to the UK... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=277&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT October 1, 2007 will see the introduction of radically different official procedures in the examination of UK trade mark applications... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=276&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Kilburn &Strode Partner Chris Rees is one of the newest members to appear in the 2007-2008 edition of the International Who's Who of Professionals. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=274&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) informs us it will make changes to the Trade Mark Examination Procedures from 1st October 2007... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=273&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has just issued its long-awaited decision in respect of divisional applications... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=272&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Peter Hale, Chris Rees and Gwilym Roberts have been named in The Legal Media Group Guide to the World\\\'s Leading Patent Law Practitioners, a prestigious achievement... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=271&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Following in the steps of the recent UK-EP pilot project, the UK Patent Office [UKIPO] and the Japanese Patent Office [JPO] have announced a mutual accelerated prosecution scheme. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=269&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT In the interlocutory decision T 0083/05, the Technical Board of Appeal referred the following questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=267&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Further to our previous articles on the three referrals from different Technical Boards of Appeal (TBA) referring legal questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on divisional applications, there have been some developments... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=264&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT In interlocutory decision T 0992/03 a Board of Appeal has referred the following questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal... http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=259&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT From 1 April 2007, applicants filing an EP application claiming priority from a searched GB application will be able to request priority processing of the European extended search report (EESR). http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=256&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT As of 2 April 2007, the UK Patent Office changed its name to the UK Intellectual Property Office, in line with recommendations made in the Gowers Report. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=255&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT K&S attorney Richard Howson has recently had an article published on tips for getting the most out of the European Patent Office. In the article, Richard outlines areas in which the EPO appears to have become less user-friendly over recent years. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=257&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT In last year's Aerotel Ltd v. Telco Holdings Ltd &Others and Macrossan's patent application which concerned the patentability of computer programs and business methods (Article 52 EPC), the English Court of Appeal took the unusual step of recommending questions for the EPO. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=252&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT As of 1st March 2007, Malta has become the 32nd contracting state to the EPC. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=251&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Partner Richard Ashmead's paper entitled International Classification class headings: illustrative or exemplary? The scope of European Union registrations has recently been published in the prestigious Oxford University Press Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. It can be seen in abstract or in full here. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=250&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT The EPO has published the following Decision which concerns the filing of priority documents from 16 January 2007. The Decision updates the previous notice to reflect the recent announcement of a collaboration between the USPTO and the EPO to add copies of US priority documents to the file of an EP application free of charge. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=249&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT The EPO has now reported on its website the accession of Malta to the EPC http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=247&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT The European Council has announced that the European Community will become a signatory to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=246&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania exceeded to the European Union, which is the sixth time it has been enlarged since being established in 1957. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=245&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT In preparation for the coming into force of the amended European Patent Convention EPC 2000 on 13 December 2007, the EPO has announced on its website the publication of the Implementing Regulations and the Rules Relating to Fees for EPC 2000. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=244&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT K&S Attorney, Gareth Fennell, writing with Chris Thornham, SJ Berwin LLP, have published an article in the recent issue of Patent World, on the long-awaited judgements by the UK Court of Appeal in the Macrossan and Aerotel cases. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=242&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT It is our great pleasure to announce that Tibor Gold, Patent and Trade Mark Partner of Kilburn &Strode, has been honoured with an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=243&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Following the UK Court of Appeal judgment in the two appeals of Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd and others and Macrossan v Comptroller General, the UK Patent Office has announced an immediate change to the way that patent examiners will assess whether inventions are for patentable subject matter. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=237&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Further to our previous articles on the three referrals from different Technical Boards of Appeal (TBA) referring legal questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on divisional applications, a notice has now been issued from the European Patent Office concerning the proceedings. http://www.kstrode.co.uk/news/NewsDet.asp?RID=233&NewsType=Current marketing@kstrode.co.uk (Kilburn & Strode)Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT