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Indian decision to grant a compulsory licence with no local manufacture of the patented product
Letter to John Alty expressing concern about the recent decision in India to grant a compulsory licence on the ground that the patented product was not manufactured by the patentee or its licensee in India
Proposed Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
Letter to the Prime Minister pleading for more discussions to build on the progress that has been made so far towards a better patent system in Europe
Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court
Comments on the first draft of the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued by the drafting committee following the last meeting of the Commission’s judges and lawyers expert group, with a request for comments by 23 April 2012.
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
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