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Canada has amended its special order procedure by waiving the fee for expedited patent applications related to green technologies

The Council of the European Union has appointed Théophile Margellos as President of the Boards of Appeal of OHIM. He succeeds Paul Maier, who has moved to head up the new Observatory on IP Enforcement at the Office, and will take up the post in October. Margellos has been chair of the First Board and Third Board, handling trade marks and designs cases respectively, and also coordinated the OHIM mediation team. He has studied in Greece, France and Germany and has previously worked at the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Commission. He has also worked as an IP lawyer and taught law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens.

Managing IP's list of cases of the year 2013 profiles 40 IP cases from around the world. Here are the cases selected from Europe adn Africa. Read the introduction for more details, and links to the Asian and American cases.

IP practitioners are pleased with the changes made to China’s patent law amendments, one year after they come into effect, but some issues still need to be clarified

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Our annual report based on research by Inovia, a member of the RWS Group, reveals the top PCT filers in the major patenting jurisdictions and worldwide, as well as the fastest-growing firms

The UK will have its first IP attachés in embassies in China and India by autumn this year, the CEO of the IP Office said today.

Leading patent firms ranked in Latin America, Canada and the United States - includes regional US rankings - based on six months of research by Managing IP researchers

Data provided to Managing IP by IFI Claims Patent Services reveals the law firms used the most for US utility patents granted in 2014, with Oblon leading the pack

The third annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards took place last month, along with the second event in America. Among the winners were some of the stars of IP on both sides of the Atlantic