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EPO doubles down on opposition acceleration commitment

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The perennial topic of anguish, anger, anxiety, annoyance, etc amongst patent attorneys and litigators, alike. With the Unified Patent Court (UPC), a new dimension arrives. Patent litigation strategists are not just plotting out their timelines of national proceedings v EPO, but also the UPC. Accelerated EPO oppositions.

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The new guidelines cover topics such as formality examination and procedures for trade mark applications, oppositions, declarations of invalidity, cancellations, classification of goods and services, examination of applications for change of trade mark ownership, trade mark renewal and other procedural issues. PATENTS Prof.

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Sunday Surprises

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The €47 million EU SME fund provides for the reimbursement of 90% of the fees charged by the Member States for IP scanning services that perform a comprehensive assessment of the intellectual property needs of the applicant SME, taking into account the innovation potential of its intangible assets.

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[BREAKING] UPC and Sunrise start dates pushed back by 2 months to 1 March 2023

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The AmeriKat resting a bit easier with the UPC news An early holiday present for Unified Patent Court users this morning. This morning came the announcement that the start of the UPC is being pushed back by two months. This is welcome given the newness of the CMS and the use of strong authentication.

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Monday Miscellany

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Over time, the internet and new online services – such as news aggregators and media monitoring services – have been frequently indicated as being partially responsible for this phenomenon, due to the impossibility for press publishers to control and contrast unauthorised uses of press content by these subjects.

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Guest book review: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer

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This book review is brought to you by Donal O’Connell, the Managing Director of Chawton Innovation Services, a company focused on IP Education, IP Consultancy and IP Solutions & Tools. The sale of patents by universities and research institutions is explored in Chapter 12 by Brian Love, Erik Oliver and Michael Costa.

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COPYRIGHT The proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (the Digital Services Act – DSA), adopted by the EP on January 20, (see below) prompted the European Copyright Society (ECS) to submit a commentary on the proposal from a copyright perspective. lawsuits), and FOSS Patents explains why.