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
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PCT International Search and Supplementary International Search
30 January 2012The 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.
Trends and Events
23 January 2012The 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
Unitary Patent Regulation and Unified Patent Court Agreement
23 January 2012The 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:
- Articles 6–8 (defining the rights conferred by a Unitary Patent) should
WIPO pilot projects on collaborative search and examination
06 January 2012The 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
