AGM and Elections to Council
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
June 2024 / Volume 53 / Number 6
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Drastic changes to US terminal disclaimer practice
Jameson K. Gardner and Amanda K. Murphy scrutinize the USPTO proposals to significantly change its terminal disclaimer practice. The deadline for comments ends on 9 July 2024 – see https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-P-2024-0003-0001. The…
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AGM and Elections to Council
Dear Member The 142nd AGM of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys will be held at CIPA’s office in London on Wednesday 6 November 2024, following the Council meeting scheduled…
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Pragmatism or inconsistency from the UPC Court of Appeal?
A detailed decision from the UPC Court of Appeal takes a principled approach to public access applications and provides valuable guidelines. However, the Court may have set itself up for…
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Looking for functional change
Paul Cole (Fellow) shares some early career reflections on overcoming difficulties in identifying inventive step. When I entered this profession in 1968, I was given a copy of Blanco-White’s book…
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Articles
Drastic changes to US terminal disclaimer practice
Jameson K. Gardner and Amanda K. Murphy
The first 12 months of the UPC
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Pragmatism or inconsistency from the UPC Court of Appeal?
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Singapore: Patents Formalities Manual updates
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Looking for functional change
Paul Cole
USPTO: The impact of the proliferation of artificial intelligence on prior art
Finnegan
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
UK IPO decisions
David Pearce (Barker Brettell LLP)
EPO decisions
Bristows
UPC decisions and orders
Darren Smyth, Isabelle Schaller, Joanne Welch, Catherine Howell
IP Paralegals
Introductory Patent Paralegal Course 2024
CIPA update
Norwegian Association of Intellectual Property Administrators Conference
Lucie Jones
EPIPA meeting 2024
Annemarie Parsons
Introduction of ‘micro-entity’ status by EPO and their reduced fees
Rebecca Caulton
Laos signs validation agreement with the EPO
Annemarie Parsons
Personal
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster
Obituary: Peter Wharton
Bill Orr, Philip Archer and Michael Harrison
Obituary: Richard Overbury
David Norris, Bill Orr, Christopher Gibbs and Michael Harrison
Patent Attorney gowns
Iain Ross
Education
Meet the IP judges
Joel David Briscoe
Examination prizes
PEB
Notice for PEB Final Diploma Candidates
PEB update
The UPC and its impact
Congress 2024 update
Yellow Sheet
Editorial
Epseeta Chowdhury
Honorary Secretary update
Ashley Tambe
Pride in the UK
Epseeta Chowdhury
Timewaster
Becca Allen