Council Minutes
Lee Davies, Chief Executive
CIPA Journal
September 2022 / Volume 51 / Number 9
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Law firm registration in Germany
Compulsory registration of law firms is being introduced in Germany through the reforms of The Great BRAO Reform Act 2021. Miles Haines (Fellow) highlights what UK patent attorneys need to…
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Onerous EPO Guideline for description amendments remain
In the February edition of the CIPA Journal we reported on decision T 1989/18, published in December 2021, which found there to be no legal basis for refusing an application…
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UK’s National Security and Investment Act 2021 targets licence of IP rights
For the first time, in July 2022, the UK government used its powers under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to issue a prohibition decision (referred to as a…
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The importance of effective supervision in the law
Over the past year at LawCare one of the most cited concerns to our emotional support service has been a lack of supervision. Managing staff remotely can be difficult and…
Up front
News
Entitlement to priority
Patents Committee
Overseas news – international treaties
Dr Amanda R. Gladwin
Koreans on patent-litigation fact-finding visit
Lucy Wharton, CIPA
UK IPO news
IPO update
SPC review
SPC Annual Review Part 2 – introduction
Daniel Wise and Paul Kaufman
SPCs for ester prodrugs: IPO confirms validity of Janssen’s SPC for paliperidone palmitate
Selina Badiani, Paul Kaufman and Jennifer Antcliff
IPO rules that an application for a paediatric extension can be rectified after the SPC expiry date
Alastair Baldry and Fergus Tyrell
The impact of the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent on SPCs
David Holland and Daniel Bright
Articles
Law firm registration in Germany
Miles Haines
Onerous EPO Guideline for description amendments remain
Dr John Parkin
UK’s National Security and Investment Act 2021 targets licence of IP rights
Robert Bell and Jim Boff
The importance of effective supervision in the law
Elizabeth Rimmer, LawCare
Hindsight bias: an ovine survey
Paul Cole, Lucas & Co
Decisions
Patent decisions – UK courts
Beck Greener
Patent decisions – IPO
David Pearce and Callum Docherty
Patent decisions – EPO
Bristows
Trade mark decisions – UK
Bird & Bird LLP
Trade mark decisions – EUIPO
Bird & Bird LLP
Education
Yellow sheet
Lindsay Pike
CPD seminars and webinars
CIPA
Guidebook to Intellectual Property
Sir Robin Jacob, Matthew Fisher and Lynne Chave