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Implementation of the SPC waiver by the INPI

Implementation of the SPC waiver by the INPI

Since July 1, 2019, Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) for medicinal products has been amended to allow manufacturers of generics and biosimilars established in the European Union (EU) manufacture in the EU products, or medicines containing these products, for export to third countries outside of the EU, or for storage in the 6 months preceding SPC expiry.

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LOI PACTE : Entrée en vigueur des premières mesures en matière de marques

LOI PACTE : Entrée en vigueur des premières mesures en matière de marques

La loi PACTE, promulguée le 22 mai 2019, autorisait le Gouvernement à prendre par voie d’ordonnance les mesures nécessaires à la transposition de la directive (UE) 2015/2436 du 16 décembre 2015 relative au Paquet Marques. C’est dans ce cadre que l’Ordonnance n° 2019-1169 a été adoptée le 13 novembre 2019 et publiée au Journal Officiel le 14 novembre. Elle entrera en vigueur le lendemain de la publication de son décret d’application qui interviendra au plus tard le 15 décembre 2019, à l’exception des dispositions relatives à la procédure de nullité et de déchéance qui entreront en vigueur le 1er avril 2020.

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New Edition of the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO

New Edition of the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO

The European Patent Office have amended the Guidelines for Examination. The new Guidelines are valid as of November 2019. They include many minor editorial changes but also other changes, which may have an influence on the proceedings at the EPO. In the following, we have selected some of these changes.

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PPH programme with Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Columbia extended

PPH programme with Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Columbia extended

PPH programme with Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Columbia extended. The European Patent Office has extended the PPH programme with the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Columbia (SIC). The trial period for this programme, which was initially set up for three years from 1^st of October 2016, has been extended for a further three year period until 30 September 2022.

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Inde : point sur la pratique en matière de demandes divisionnaires

Inde : point sur la pratique en matière de demandes divisionnaires

Inde : update on divisional application practice - The sine qua non condition to ensure the conformity of a divisional application is the existence of a plurality of inventions in the parent application. A divisional application cannot be filed if there is no plurality of inventions in the parent application...

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L'appréciation de l'intérêt légitime du titulaire d'un nom de domaine

L'appréciation de l'intérêt légitime du titulaire d'un nom de domaine

Assessment of the domain name's owner legitimate interest - Court of cassation, commercial, financial and economic section, June 5th 2019, appeal n°17-22.132. The DATAXY company, registry office of domain names, had reserved on 2004 the following domains <saoneetloire.fr> and <saone-et-loire.fr>, both renewed on 2012. The domain <saône-et-loire.fr> was reserved on 2012...

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Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G 2/19 - Oral proceedings at the Haar premises

Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G 2/19 - Oral proceedings at the Haar premises

Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G 2/19 - Oral proceedings at the Haar premises. In the T831/17 case, the Appellant filed third party observations during examination and subsequently an appeal against the decision of grant by the Examining Division. He filed a request for oral proceedings, but objected inter alia to the oral proceedings being held in the recently created site at Haar/Munich.

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Absence d'usage sérieux d'une marque : quels sont les justes motifs ?

Absence d'usage sérieux d'une marque : quels sont les justes motifs ?

Non-use and genuine use of a trademark : what are the proper reasons ? Court of appeal, May 17th 2019, Sas Affaires à faire c/ Sarl Chloelina - In the context of an invalidation action for non-use brought in front of the French courts, the owner of the contested trademark had tried to shrink from its legal obligation to prove the genuine use of his trademark by invoking unfair competition proceedings in progress...

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PPH programme with Australian Patent Office extended

PPH programme with Australian Patent Office extended

PPH programme with Australian Patent Office extended - The European Patent Office has extend the PPH programme with the Australian Patent Office. The trial period for this programme, which was initially set up for three years from 1^st of July 2016, has been extended for a further three year period until 30 June 2022.

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Canada – Brazil : the new members of the Madrid International Trademarks System

Canada – Brazil : the new members of the Madrid International Trademarks System

Read a short overview on the Madrid International Trademarks System.

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New Directive on Copyright in the era of digital : online sales platforms exclude new responsibility regime

New Directive on Copyright in the era of digital : online sales platforms exclude new responsibility regime

New Directive on copyright in the era of digital : online sales platforms exclude new reponsibility regime - The European Union Copyright Directive 2019/790 of April 17, 2019, validated by the European Parliament on 26 March, has been formally adopted by the Council of the European Union on 15 April. It aims to adapt copyright rules to the digital age...

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New Regulation on the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for medicinal products

New Regulation on the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for medicinal products

New Regulation on the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for medicinal products - The Regulation (EU) n°2019/933 which amends Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 on the SPC for medicinal products has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU) on June 11, 2019 and will enter into force on July 1, 2019...

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