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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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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.

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European Copyright Society letter to Commissioner Breton on a future agenda in the field of copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Secondly , in several of its earlier papers, the ECS has intervened to recommend introducing a unitary title. The ECS believes the time is now ripe to prepare initiatives to realize this ambition (following the ambition of EU trade marks, EU designs, and unitary patents) based on Article 118 TFEU.

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Top 3 posts for summer reading from our IP law blogs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3) European Union Trademarks and Austria: Famous mark PUMA beats “PUMA Multipower” for dissimilar goods by Katharina Schmid “We all know that highly famous marks enjoy a kind of “universal” protection for (almost) any goods and services. There have also been 52 automatic withdrawals due to requests for unitary effect of opted-out patents.

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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.