In 2022, the IP Federation submitted two amicus curiae briefs to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office in relation to pending referrals to the Board. The first brief, submitted in April 2022, was in relation to the G 2/21 “Plausibility” referral. The second, submitted in July 2022, was in relation to the G 1/22 and G 2/22 “Entitlement to Priority” referrals. Decisions have now been issued for each of these referrals . In addition, there is a new referral now pending before the EBA, G 1/23 “Solar Cell”, which the IP Federa­tion is considering.

Resolution of the IP Federation Council September 2023, passed on 15 September 2023 with immediate effect, to –

• change the registered office address to 2^nd Floor, Viaro House, 20-23 Holborn, London EC1N 2JD

Resolutions of the IP Federation Council February 2023, passed on 1o February 2023 with immediate effect, to –

• clarify that an application for membership may be in the form of an e‑mail request; and
• change the registered office address to 2^nd Floor, Halton House, 20-23 Holborn, London EC1N 2JD

Resolution of the IP Federation Council September 2020, passed on 11 September 2020 with immediate effect, to –

• add the Communication Committee to the list of Federation open committees; and
• correct the postcode in the registered office address to read WC1X 8LU.

Resolution of the IP Federation Council June 2020, passed on 12 June 2020 with immediate effect, to –

• amend the definition of a quorum; and
• further define “majority”.

Resolution of the IP Federation Council March 2020, passed on 13 March 2020 with immediate effect, to designate the following committees of the Federation open committees:

• Copyright and Design Committee
• Data and Copyright Committee
• Licensing and Competition Law Committee
• Litigation Committee
• Patent Committee
• Trade Mark Committee

Resolution of the IP Federation Council June 2018, passed on 8 June 2018 with immediate effect, to change registered office to 60 Gray’s Inn Road London WC1X 8AQ

We are in a unique position where there are several patent harmonisation initiatives being pursued by the larger Patent Offices. There is an active industry participation in these activities and it is to be hoped that major changes that are beneficial to the users and the Offices result.

On 6 December 2011, the European Commission launched a public consultation for the revision of the current framework for the assessment of technology transfer agreements, including the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and its corresponding Notice, scheduled to expire in April 2014.