IP Federation response to the Discussion Paper of the Legal Services Board (LSB) – “Are Regulatory Restrictions in Practising Rules for In-house Lawyers Justified?”
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.
Plea for continued efforts to find common ground for international agreement on a number of substantive aspects of patent law, including: IP Federation position on three issues relating to the cost of using the Unitary Patent Package (Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court), namely court fees, unitary patent fees and opt out fees IP Federation response to the European Commission "Patents and Standards" Consultation Concerns amongst IP Federation members regarding the broad issue of information security within the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system IP Federation response to the IPO's Technical Review and Call for Evidence on draft secondary legislation implementing the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) closing on 2 September 2014 IP Federation note to the Preparatory Committee on the Draft Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court on: Unified Patent Court Agreement: IP Federation response to the consultation on the proposals by the Legal Working Group of the Preparatory Committee on the draft European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) closing on 25 July 2014 Plea for continued efforts to find common ground for international agreement on a number of substantive aspects of patent law, including: IP Federation response to IPReg consultation on simplifying and modernising the examination system for qualifying as a patent attorney Substantive Patent Law Harmonisation [SPLH]
Costs of using the Unitary Patent Package
Public Consultation on Patents and Standards by the European Commission
Unified Patent Court IT system and confidentiality issues
IP Federation submissions on draft UPC legislation
IP Federation note to the UPC Preparatory Committee
IP Federation comments on other appropriate qualifications under Article 48(2) UPCA
Substantive Patent Law Harmonisation [SPLH]
Response to consultation on the examination system for qualifying as a patent attorney