Response to the consultation on Collaborative Search and Examination by the EPO closing 23 November 2012
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.
Letter to Members of JURI urging to call for the deletion of Articles 6–8 from the proposed Regulation of the European Parliament and Council Response to SACEPO consultation on proposed amendments to Arts. 9(1) and 11(b) RFees Response to IPO Consultation on Expansion of the IPO Patent Opinions Service closing 4 September 2012 Letter to the British Embassy in Portugal, requesting that every effort is made to influence the Portuguese government to effect the removal of Law 62/2011 in favour of a Law/legal system for enforcement of IP rights that is applicable in all technical fields (including pharmaceuticals) Letter to Kerstin Jorna highlighting the Federation’s concerns about the present proposals for the Unified Patent Court, making points among other things on Articles 6-8 and bifurcation Letter to John Alty expressing concern about the recent decision in India to grant a compulsory licence on the ground that the patented product was not manufactured by the patentee or its licensee in India Letter to the Prime Minister pleading for more discussions to build on the progress that has been made so far towards a better patent system in Europe Comments on the first draft of the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued by the drafting committee following the last meeting of the Commission’s judges and lawyers expert group, with a request for comments by 23 April 2012. Views on the Supplementary International Search System urging all IP5 Offices to become SISAs, in response to Circular C.PCT 1329 Unitary Patent Protection – Articles 6-8 of the proposed Regulation
Consultation on proposed amendments to Arts. 9(1) and 11(b) RFees
Consultation on Expansion of the IPO Patent Opinions Service
Portuguese Law 62/2011: Patent infringement and dispute resolution on medicines
Unitary Patent Regulation and Unified Patent Court Agreement
Indian decision to grant a compulsory licence with no local manufacture of the patented product
Proposed Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court
Review of the Supplementary International Search System