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.

IP Federation note to the UPC Preparatory Committee

Document No: PP 8/14 Posted: 01 September 2014

IP Federation note to the Preparatory Committee on the Draft Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court on:

  • Rule 14 – language
  • Rules 37 and 118 – bifurcation and grant of injunctions
  • Rules 19, 336 and 340 – general case management / joinder of actions
  • Rules 101 and 113 – timings
  • Rule 220.2 – procedural appeals

Substantive Patent Law Harmonisation [SPLH]

Document No: PP 6/14 Posted: 17 September 2014

Plea for continued efforts to find common ground for international agreement on a number of substantive aspects of patent law, including:

  • the prior art to be considered in relation to novelty,
  • the principle that the patent on a given invention should be awarded to the first inventor to file, and
  • a grace period.

 

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