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Statistics of the German Patent & Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court
Some recent statistics of the German Patent & Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court
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The In-House Lawyer - Spring 2019
Discover an article from Camille PECNARD and Alix CAPELY : overview of case law on the collection of evidence in IP cases in France.
UNIFAB - 23rd European Forum of Intellectual Property
5 - 6 April 2018
Meet Camille PECNARD and Pierre-Emmanuel MEYNARD (French attorneys-at-law) during the 23rd European Forum of Intellectual Property organised by UNIFAB in Paris on the following theme: "What new tools, what original ways, what unusual actors to protect intelligence?".
Compulsory registration via UNIFAB.
Statistics of the German Patent & Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court
Some recent statistics of the German Patent & Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court
Decision G3/19 relating to the non-patentability of plants and animals obtained by means of an essentially biological process.
Further to the T1063/18 case, which refers to patentability of plants and in particular to the conflict between Article 53(b) EPC and Rule 28(2) EPC (see our IPalert of February 2019 and May 2019), and in order to clarify the scope of the decision, the President of the European Patent Office remitted the following question to the Enlarged Board of Appeals.
Oral proceedings before the examining divisions of the EPO are now to be held by default by vidéoconférence.
In the wake of the CoVid-19 outbreak, the EPO took a further measure to limit the impact of travel restrictions and lockdowns on the operation of the EPO and its users.
The In-House Lawyer - Spring 2019
Discover an article from Camille PECNARD and Alix CAPELY : overview of case law on the collection of evidence in IP cases in France.
LAVOIX une nouvelle fois distingué par Managing Intellectual Property
La revue de référence internationale a publié son classement 2018 : LAVOIX se place dans le TOP-ONE pour le contentieux en Brevets et en Marques.
Baromètre de la PI™ - Edition 2018
Pour la 7e année consécutive LAVOIX dévoile les résultats 2018 de son baromètre de la Propriété Intellectuelle. Etude menée auprès des responsables PI (372 répondants cette année), elle permet ainsi chaque année d’apporter un éclairage sur le rôle, la stratégie, l’activité, mais aussi les investissements, les enjeux et perspectives de la PI au sein des entreprises et des organismes de recherche ou d’animation économique français.
UNIFAB - 23rd European Forum of Intellectual Property
5 - 6 April 2018
Meet Camille PECNARD and Pierre-Emmanuel MEYNARD (French attorneys-at-law) during the 23rd European Forum of Intellectual Property organised by UNIFAB in Paris on the following theme: "What new tools, what original ways, what unusual actors to protect intelligence?".
Compulsory registration via UNIFAB.
Young EPLAW - Annual Congress
16 April 2018
Pierre-Emmanuel MEYNARD, Attorney-at-law since 2014, will be attending the Young EPLAW Congress (European Patent Lawyers Association), in Brussels, Belgium. This event is a unique opportunity to meet young lawyers from all over Europe and discuss European patent law.
VPP Spring Meeting
26 - 27 April 2018
Meet Anne FRANCASTEL, European patent attorney, at the VPP Spring meeting, Association of Intellectual Property Experts, in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Certification ISO 9001:2015 applicable to all the IP attorney activities and for all its offices.