• Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO rules on partial priorities

    3 February 2017 In its order for decision G1/15, related to the question of partial priorities and so-called toxic divisionals, the Enlarged Board of the EPO held that a generic claim encompassing alternative subject matter may not be refused partial priority, provided the alternative subject matter has been directly, at... Continue reading

     
  • Revised Guidelines enter into force

    February 01, 2017 About the EUIPO Revised Guidelines enter into force Today, February 1, the first part of EUIPO’s revised Guidelines for Examination of European Union Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs for 2017 enters into force. The Guidelines have been thoroughly updated with case law from the Court of... Continue reading