http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180723.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 23 July 2018 In accordance with Article 112(1)(b) EPC the President of the European Patent Office has referred a point of law concerning the interpretation of Article 108 EPC to the Enlarged Board... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180710.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 10 July 2018 The EPO this week hosts the fifth edition of the IP Executive Week. The annual event is co-organised with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and brings together delegates from a... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180705.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 5 July 2018 Conference participants voice strong support for the Unitary Patent package and are eager to see the start of the new system More than 200 representatives of industry, government, academia and... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180702.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Munich, 2 July 2018 António Campinos took up office today as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). With a strong record of 20 years of executive leadership experience in the Intellectual Property... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180629a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Social Report 2017 29 June 2018 The EPO has published its Social Report 2017, which provides a comprehensive overview of staff and working conditions at the Office. First published in 2013, the Social... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180629.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 29 June 2018 EPO President Benoît Battistelli and CIPC Commissioner Rory Voller EPO President Benoît Battistelli and the Commissioner of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) of South Africa, Rory Voller, signed... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180627.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 27 June 2018 The European Patent Office (EPO) today inaugurated the new main building on its site in Rijswijk, near The Hague, in the presence of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180619.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 19 June 2018 The EPO has today published the second edition of its dedicated Quality Report. Compared with the 2016 edition, the report provides more extensive information and details on existing and new... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180618.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 18 June 2018 The five largest patent offices held their annual IP5 heads of office meeting on 14 June in New Orleans, USA. The meeting was hosted by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu, and... Continue reading
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180612.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. 12 June 2018 Johanne Bélisle, CEO of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and EPO President Benoît Battistelli EPO President Benoît Battistelli met with Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and... Continue reading