The IP Federation has responded to the IPReg consultation on Litigation Rights for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys with deadline 17 October 2011. We support IPReg in its proposals to issue a revised qualification regime for patent attorney and trade mark attorney litigators to facilitate the grant of
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Draft agreement on a Unified Patent Court and draft Statute
22 September 2011The IP Federation has issued a statement in support of the “principles paper” prepared by a sub-group of the European Patent Reform Consultation Group constituted by the IPO, urging that the text of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court and draft Statute requires amendment.
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Harmonisation of Substantive Patent Law
06 September 2011The IP Federation has made a plea for renewed efforts to find common ground for international agreement on a number of substantive aspects of patent law, including:
- the prior art to be considered in relation to novelty,
- the principle that the patent on a given
EU–India Free Trade Agreement
12 August 2011The IP Federation has written to the IPO advocating the provision of Regulatory Data Protection in India in the EU–India trade talks.In this, we are supporting EFPIA’s position paper dated March 2011 and urging the UK to advocate the provision of Regulatory Data Protection in India in the
IPO consultation on experimental use and Bolar exemption
29 July 2011The IP Federation has responded to the IPO consultation with deadline 31 July 2011.
We strongly support any change to the law that will improve the current UK regulatory framework by removing the risk of patent infringement when carrying out clinical and field trials involving pharmaceuticals.
