Policy Papers
Patents : 122 Documents
This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.
IP Federation letter to Heli Pihlajamaa in response to the European Patent Office announcement on deferred examination Letter to Alexander Ramsay, chair of the UPC Preparatory Committee, expressing concerns with the current lack of clarity around how the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opt-out process will work during the sunrise period at a practical level, including how our member companies will be able to register their staff both as official UPC Representatives and as users of the content management system (CMS) for the opt-out process IP Federation response to UK IPO consultation seeking views on proposed changes to patents fees IP Federation comments on EPO Administrative Council paper CA/43/16 outlining proposals for the reform of the EPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) IP Federation response to IPO consultation dated 29 February 2016 seeking views on proposed amendments to the Patents Rules 2007 IP Federation observations on the questions referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office on case G1/15 (Partial priority) IP Federation comments on the Indian Government’s consultation on the proposed draft rules to amend further the Patents Rules 2003 IP Federation response to the UPC Preparatory Committee's public consultation on the Rules on Court fees and recoverable costs closing 31 July 2015 UK ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement
Deferred examination at the EPO – IP Federation comments
Opting out during the sunrise period at the Unified Patent Court
Consultation – proposed changes to statutory patent fees
Reform of the Boards of Appeal
Consultation – proposed changes to the Patents Rules
Amicus curiae brief on the questions referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal pending as case G1/15
Indian Government consultation on draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2015
Unified Patent Court – Public Consultation on the Rules on Court fees and recoverable costs