The President of the IP Federation has written to the Head of EC Litigation at the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, seeking clarification of the procedure for notification from the Court of Justice about cases pending before it, and asking whether it might be possible:
The IP Federation has submitted a response to the European Commission's public consultation for the revision of the current framework for the assessment of technology transfer agreements, including the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and its corresponding Notice, scheduled to expire in April 2014, with closing date 3
The IP Federation has submitted 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.
The annual newsletter in which the Federation reviews its previous twelve months’ activities, Trends and Events 2011, 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 put forward views in favour of a properly designed and implemented Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court to the European Scrutiny Committee.
On the other hand, our main concerns are:
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
