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October 30, 2009
The election of a new EPO president has been postponed until at least December after EPC member states failed to agree on appointing one of the four candidates
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October 26, 2009
Bloggers this week have been debating piracy in China, SPCs in Europe, disputes over airline seats and litigation trends in the US
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October 26, 2009
Managing IP readers have given a clear indication of who they would like to lead the European Patent Office for the next five years
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October 26, 2009
India and Brazil are to launch WTO cases against the EU as part of a dispute over the seizure of Indian generic drugs at European ports
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October 21, 2009
Dow Chemical and Fuji Xerox have become the latest companies to pledge environmentally beneficial patents to the Eco-Patent Commons
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October 21, 2009
Do you have a patent portfolio to sell? If so, better make sure it is high-quality, robust and relevant. That was the message from speakers at this week’s LES US & Canada Annual Meeting
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October 19, 2009
This week bloggers consider David Kappos’ attempts to make the USPTO more open, secret negotiations over ACTA, European trade mark decisions and talks over climate change and technology transfer
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October 18, 2009
Recounting a talk he gave in Brazil in which an audience member claimed that the patent system no longer works, Judge Randall Rader of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday dubbed such patent creatures “Skeptisauri,” whose understanding of IP is “outdated"
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October 18, 2009
Reforming the Patent Cooperation Treaty is “the most important game in town” when it comes to addressing backlogs, EPO President Alison Brimelow said last week
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October 18, 2009
Chief Judge Paul Michel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit appealed to patent practitioners to help the Court clarify the doctrine of inequitable conduct in a speech on Thursday
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October 18, 2009
USPTO Director David Kappos was met with vigorous applause during his address to AIPLA members on Thursday after mentioning his recent announcement that he will rescind the Bush administration’s claims and continuations rules package
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October 18, 2009
Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice on Thursday questioned the concept of settlement agreements between generic and brand drug companies, claiming that they eliminate the ability to evaluate the patent validity of a potentially important drug
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October 08, 2009
USPTO director David Kappos will rescind the hotly debated claims and continuations rules package imposed by his predecessor, Jon Dudas
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October 06, 2009
USPTO director David Kappos and Department of Commerce general counsel Cameron Kerry discussed the administration’s position on patent reform in a last-minute call with members of the press earlier today
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October 01, 2009
The PCT was designed to benefit patent applicants and offices. More than 30 years on, is it still up to the job? Emma Barraclough reports
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October 01, 2009
Officials from the USPTO tell Eileen McDermott about PCT operations at the Office
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October 01, 2009
Managing IP lists the patent firms filing the most PCT applications in the 14 biggest markets
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October 01, 2009
Chinese companies have become big users of the PCT. Peter Ollier explains why
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October 01, 2009
The four candidates contesting the election for EPO president this month tell Emma Barraclough why they are the right person for the job
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October 01, 2009
Ian Fletcher, the head of the UK’s IP Office, today warned IP practitioners that they should not ignore the discussions leading up to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December