A summary of the IP Federation response to the European Commission trade secrets consultation on the protection of business and research know-how is now available. We believe that trade secrets / confidential business information are of high importance in all the following areas:
The IP Federation has made a response to the European Commission trade secrets consultation on the protection of business and research know-how. We believe that trade secrets / confidential business information are of high importance in all the following areas:
The IP Federation has made a proposal for harmonisation of claim formats to facilitate cooperation between Patent Offices and help users.
Purely formal alignment of the law and rules relating to claim form between the European Patent Convention and USA would facilitate the use by the Examiners at
The annual newsletter in which the Federation reviews its previous twelve months’ activities, Trends and Events 2012, has now been published. 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
The IP Federation has written to Viscount Younger of Leckie, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Intellectual property in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
We are urging the Government to conduct a robust economic impact analysis based on the effect on the UK economy and publish the
Improving the IP framework to meet the needs of innovative industry
Amicus Curiae Brief on Enlarged Board of Appeal case G 1/23
Text and data mining (TDM) in the UK
IPO transformation programme: second consultation – IP Federation response
Online consultation on the proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
European Commission consultation on Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER)
Transformation consultation – Potential legislative changes for IPO digital transformation – IP Federation response
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill – IP Federation response
Reviewing the designs framework – Call for views – IP Federation response
Amicus Curiae Brief on Enlarged Board of Appeal case G 1/21
Court of Justice case C-44/21 (Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG v HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. et al.)
Consultation on EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines
Review of EU Design Legislation – Inception Impact Assessment
IP Federation position statement on the Unified Patent Court
Artificial intelligence and intellectual property – call for views
The UK needs to adopt a broader text and data mining (TDM) exception to copyright infringement
