Policy Papers
Total Documents: 35
This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.
Letter to the IPO advocating the provision of Regulatory Data Protection in India in the EU–India trade talks Recommendation to the European Patent Office that examiner training should take account of various points, and the Guidelines to Examination should be amplified to give them proper emphasis, namely: Comments on proposed amendments to Rule 71 EPC - Examination procedure EPO procedural efficiency - EPO papers CA/162/09 and CA/03/10 EU Unified Patent Litigation System: draft Rules of Procedure for the European & Community Patent Court Evaluation of EU legislation on design protection – European Commission consultation
EPO Strategic Plan (2019 – 2023)
EPO user consultation on the introduction of a postponed examination system
EU Justice Sub-Committee – Intellectual property and the Unified Patent Court
EU–India Free Trade Agreement
Examination practice in the EPO
EPO – Amendments to the Implementing Regulations – Rule 71EPC
EPO Procedural efficiency
EU Unified Patent Litigation System: draft Rules of Procedure for the European & Community Patent