Response to UKPO consultation on inventive step of June 2006
Policy Papers
Total Documents: 237
This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.
Response to Gowers Review of Intellectual Property March 2006 Response to the Commission consultation on Future Patent Policy Letter to Lord Sainsbury re registered company names proposals in company law reform bill of 2006. February 2006 letter to UKPO re patent harmonisation and IP in developing countries January 2006 letter to UKPO re Fees Review January 2006 comment to UKPO on forms modernisation and consolidation March 2006 letter to UKPO re EPO document CA/PL-4/06 on JPO proposal for a patent prosecution highway. March 2006 response to DG Internal Market and Services Working Paper; First evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on legal protection of databases Proposed amendments to sections 62, 63 and 68, Patents Act 1977 and section 2, Patents Act 2004 (to be implemented by rules under the European Communities Act 1972 Gowers Review of IP: call for evidence: April 2006
McCreevy Review: March 2006
Business names: March 2006
Patent harmonisation: key features: February 2006
UK Fees Review 1: January 2006
UK Patent Rules modernisation: January 2006
EPO: dossier on problems up to: March 2006
European database directive evaluation: March 2006
UK covetous patents: February 2006