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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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  Privilege in the EEUPC

Privilege, including attorney-client privilege and litigation privilege, in the preliminary set of provisions for the Rules of Procedure of the European and EU Patents Court (EEUPC)

  Preliminary set of provisions for the Rules of Procedure of the European & EU Patents Court

General comments on the preliminary set of provisions for the Rules of Procedure of the European and EU Patents Court (EEUPC)

  EPO - Amendments to the Implementing Regulations - Rule 71EPC

Comments on proposed amendments to Rule 71 EPC - Examination procedure

  EPO Procedural efficiency

EPO procedural efficiency - EPO papers CA/162/09 and CA/03/10

  Competitiveness Council conclusions concerning the Enhancement of the Patent System in Europe

Competitiveness Council conclusions concerning the Enhancement of the Patent
System in Europe (as agreed at the 2982nd COMPETITIVENESS (Internal market,
Industry and Research) Council meeting Brussels, 4 December)

  Reform of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Informal Consultation by the UK IPO

Working paper from the Commission Services on the Draft Rules of Procedure for the Unified (European) Patent Litigation System (UPLS): Part 1 – Procedure before the Court of First Instance EU Council document 11813/09

  Brussels Convention: Commission Green Paper June 2009

EU Commission Green Paper COM (2009) 175 final, of 21.04.2009:
Review of Council Regulation 44/2001 (Brussels Regulation) – section 4, Industrial Property

  EPO deferred examination

DK DE NL proposal re deferred examinaton & search: Federation Comments on EPO paper CA/51/09

  Council Regulation on the Community Patent - Revised Presidency Proposal May 2009

EU Council Document 8588/09

  G3 EBA referral amicus curiae

This written statement concerning case G3/08 forms amicus curiae brief under Article 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal following the referral of points of law concerning the patentability of software to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under Article 112(1)(b) EPC.

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