Publications
Most Recent Publications
European Qualifying Examination (EQE)
Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
Trends and Events 2010
The Federation's achievements
The Federation on the Web
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade Marks
Future of Design Law in UK
Review of EU Customs Anti-Counterfeiting Regulation
EU Patent Reform
European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Patent Quality
New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Privilege
The UK Intellectual Property Office
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
IP Federation biographies
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Trends and Events 2011
Trends and Events 2011
Document No: PUB 20/11
Posted: 23/01/2012
ISSN 2046-3049
Trends and Events is our annual publication in which the Federation reviews its previous twelve months’ activities. It provides an overview of those IP issues which engaged industry during that period and tries to look beyond current issues to identify future areas of interest, activity or controversy.
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Document No: PUB 21/10
Posted: 25/07/2011
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010: Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 (omitting Director details)
Trends and Events 2010
Document No: PUB 20/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
ISSN 2046-3049
Trends and Events is our annual publication in which the Federation reviews its previous twelve months’ activities. It provides an overview of those IP issues which engaged industry during that period and tries to look beyond current issues to identify future areas of interest, activity or controversy.
IP Federation biographies
Document No: PUB 17/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
Document No: PUB 16/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) was established in June 2008 and was dissolved two years later in July 2010. In its two years SABIP sponsored a number of research projects, focussing to a major extent on the copyright field.
The UK Intellectual Property Office
Document No: PUB 15/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
2010 saw the arrival of a new Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the UK Intellectual Property Office, John Alty, who took office early in the year. John Alty has a background in business, regulation and markets, having been most recently the Director General in Fair Markets in the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills, and before that Director Business Relations and Director Europe in the DTI.
Privilege
Document No: PUB 14/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
- Attorney-client privilege in the UK Courts, especially for patent and trade mark attorneys
- Privilege in the proposed European and European Union Patents Court (EEUPC)
- Attorney-client privilege in European Commission competition law investigations
- Practical implications
New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Document No: PUB 13/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
Following a report by Sir David Clementi in 2004, Parliament enacted the Legal Services Act 2007 to reform regulation of lawyers. The Act has resulted in the establishment of regulatory bodies independent of professional bodies. Thus the Law Society, the Bar Council, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys have each ceased to regulate their respective professions directly. The Act also provides for regulation of private practices consisting of different types of lawyer (“LDPs”) and of lawyers and non-lawyers (“ABSs”).
Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
Document No: PUB 12/10
Posted: 21/07/2010
Recent years have seen the patentability of software and business methods hotly debated, and not just in academic circles. With protests in the streets of
Patent Quality
Document No: PUB 11/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
It is a basic requirement of a good patent system that granted patents should be of high quality: i.e., the patents can be presumed valid with a high degree of certainty. Those states and regional groups that provide for search and examination before grant should carry out these procedures to a high standard; while those states that do not examine before grant should be able to rely on the international system (PCT) and/or the work of examining offices to achieve quality.
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