The IP Federation has issued a statement in support of the WIPO pilot projects on collaborative search and examination. The Federation is fully in support of the projects and looks forward to the completion of the second pilot project. The paper includes some further comments on how we should like
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Unitary Patent Regulation and Unified Patent Court Agreement
02 December 2011The IP Federation is concerned that the draft Regulation and draft Agreement will precipitate a patent system in Europe which is worse than we have today. Thus we have made a plea for the UK not to initial, agree to or sign anything in which our concerns are not dealt
Unitary Patent Regulation – Articles 6–8
25 November 2011The IP Federation has made a plea for MEPs to push for the deletion of the infringement provisions in Articles 6–8 from the Unitary Patent Regulation, and to give full consideration is given to other significant issues to ensure we achieve a better patent system in Europe.
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Location of the Unified Patent Court
17 November 2011The IP Federation has written to Baroness Wilcox, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills, requesting that the Central Division of the new Court should be located in London.
We realise that hosting the court in London would incur some cost for the UK public purse at least
Implementing the Hargreaves review – call for evidence in relation to the design sector
11 November 2011The IP Federation has responded to the Intellectual Property Office’s call for evidence in relation to the design sector closing on 11 November 2011, aiming to gain a better understanding of whether the design rights system in the UK is geared to the needs of business.
