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This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.


  Revision of the rules for the assessment of licensing agreements for the transfer of technology

  Review of the Supplementary International Search System

Views on the Supplementary International Search System urging all IP5 Offices to become SISAs, in response to Circular C.PCT 1329

  Quality of Search and Examination of International Applications

Views in favour of the proposal to modify the International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines in order to provide further guidance to International Authorities on the inclusion of observations on clarity and support, as set out in Annex I to Circular C.PCT 1326

  Unitary Patent Regulation and Unified Patent Court Agreement

Views in favour of a properly designed and implemented Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court for the European Scrutiny Committee

  WIPO pilot projects on collaborative search and examination

Statement in support of WIPO’s Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) Pilot Project

  Unitary Patent Regulation and Unified Patent Court Agreement

Plea for the UK not to initial, agree to or sign anything in which our concerns are not dealt with or which precludes further progress on structural issues

  Unitary Patent Protection Regulation – Articles 6–8

Plea for MEPs to push for the deletion of the infringement provisions in Articles 6–8 from the Unitary Patent Regulation, and to give full consideration is given to other significant issues to ensure we achieve a better patent system in Europe

  Location of the Unified Patent Court

Letter to Baroness Wilcox, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills, requesting the Central Division of the new Court to be located in London

  Implementing the Hargreaves review – call for evidence in relation to the design sector

Response to the Intellectual Property Office’s call for evidence in relation to the design sector closing on 11 November 2011, aiming to gain a better understanding of whether the design rights system in the UK is geared to the needs of business

  IPReg Consultation on Litigation Rights for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

Response to consultation on litigation rights supporting IPReg in its proposals to issue a revised qualification regime for patent attorney and trade mark attorney litigators to facilitate the grant of relevant rights to registered patent and trade mark attorneys

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