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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.

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  Consultation on potential EU–US trade agreement

Response to consultation on potential EU–US trade agreement closing 27 September 2012

  IPReg ABS (alternative business structures) – Licensing Consultation

Response to IPReg ABS (alternative business structures) licensing consultation

  Trade Secrets, Patents and Rio+20 Developments

Letter to Liz Coleman at the IPO, in the context of negotiations for the Rio+20 sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, asking the IPO to ensure that UK and EU negotiators enter the final stages of the negotiations well-prepared and with a very clear technology-related brief

  Role of Government in Protecting and promoting Intellectual Property

Response to the All-Party Intellectual Property Group announcement on 14 March 2012 that it is to conduct an inquiry into the role of Government in protecting and promoting intellectual property

  IPReg Second Consultation on Litigators’ Rights

Response to the IPReg Second Consultation on Replacement of the CIPA Higher Courts Qualification Regulations and the ITMA Trade Mark Litigator and Trade Mark Advocate Certificate Regulations, urging IPReg to reconsider its second round of proposals

  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

  EU–India Free Trade Agreement

Letter to the IPO advocating the provision of Regulatory Data Protection in India in the EU–India trade talks

  Cabinet Office Procurement Policy – Use of Open Standards

Response to Government proposals that open standards should be sought whenever it is procuring IT equipment, in Procurement Policy Note on Use of Open Standards when specifying ICT requirements dated 31 January 2011

  Commission report on implementation of enforcement directive

Comments in support of the UK Government's response to the consultation on the Commission Report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights from 11 January to 31 March 2011

  Representation before the European and Community Patent Court

The IP Federation is strongly supportive of the current version of Article 28 of the draft Agreement which will establish this Court. We believe that opening up representation to suitably certificated EPAs will not only be a progressive step in line with the general objective of improving the patent system in Europe but that specifically it will ensure wider choice and therefore better access to justice for all; especially for those high technology SMEs which will likely be the bedrock of the European Union’s future economic well-being.

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