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Governance Committee Terms of Reference
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Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
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Future of Design Law in UK
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European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
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New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
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IP Federation biographies
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Trends and Events 2011
The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
Unintentional Infringement of UK and Community Rights
Commission Consultation on the Enforcement Directive
The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
EU Patent Reform
Innovative tools and processes at the European Patent Office
Practical issues – selecting an expert and getting the best out of them
Preliminary injunctions alive and well – a view from Europe
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Most Recent Publications
Governance Committee Terms of Reference
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
The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
Unintentional Infringement of UK and Community Rights
Commission Consultation on the Enforcement Directive
The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
EU Patent Reform
Innovative tools and processes at the European Patent Office
Practical issues – selecting an expert and getting the best out of them
Preliminary injunctions alive and well – a view from Europe
The Hargreaves Review
The UK Intellectual Property Office and Ipsum
The America Invents Act
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European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Document No: PUB 10/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
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European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Document No: PUB 10/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
The EPO launched the Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme in April 2009 to redesign and improve the patent and business processes of the EPO. The SPP Programme team have carried out a detailed analysis of all the current EPO processes and have used this analysis as the basis for proposals to simplify and automate the work. A major feature of SPP will be an electronic dossier for every application and the eventual phasing out of the labour-intensive maintained paper files.
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