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Dividing patents in oppositions

European patents cannot be divided after grant. By contrast, national German patents can be divided during opposition and opposition appeal proceedings (Section 60 of the German Patent Act). The German Federal Court of Justice has considered the dividing of granted patents in a series of recent decisions and taken the following position.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 1999
Biotechnology

Governments move to stop profiteering from human genes

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 1999
Eastern Europe - Looking westward

Ten years after the fall of communism, eastern Europe’s IP practitioners are coming to grips with fundamental changes and some are even looking forward to EU membership.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 1999
News Focus: Business Patents

Boom outstrips PTO

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 1999
Slogans and trade marks

Adopting marks consisting of a slogan is becoming more frequent every day. These types of trade mark which we call slogan-marks are admissible in Italy on the condition that they possess the requisites provided for by the Italian Trade Mark Law for registration (a trade mark has to b distinctive and not deceptive, etc).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
IP collateral: an emerging financing tool

IP managers are always looking for new means of financing. Carmen R Eggleston and Susan Barbieri Montgomery say collateralization can be an attractive option, especially if managers have made their IP more attractive to lenders

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
Threatening behaviour

The English law of threats enables a defendant to turn the tables on his attacker. But is it working? In the light of new litigation rules and the spread of domain name conflicts, Mark Elmslie calls for reform

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
China sides with foreign trade mark owners

Cases concerning infringement of overseas companies’ trade marks in China jumped by more than 30% in the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 1998, according to a report from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in Beijing. Out of a total of 713 breaches of trade mark law throughout China in the first six months of this year, 690 cases concerned marks owned by foreign companies.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
News In Brief

In Court, Legislation, Moves

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999
Product and process descriptions

In October 1995 product and process descriptions were introduced by the Patents Court to reduce the burden of discovery on a defendant in relation to issues of infringement.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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