Brexit, TRIPS, General Court and WTO – European IP news roundup

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Brexit, TRIPS, General Court and WTO – European IP news roundup

November 10 2015
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European Commission thinking on SPCs under the UPC, Off-patent Drugs Bill failing again in UK, the TPP being published, a WTO TRIPS Council’s decision on a pharma protection exemption request by LDCs, the European Parliament endorsing a plan to increase the number of General Court judges, and a Law Society report on Brexit and IP were in the recent IP headlines in Europe

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