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08, 2022
Montenegro accomplished the final step towards acceding to the European Patent Convention on July 15, 2022, and will thus become the 39th member state of the European Patent Organisation from October 1st, 2022. 1. Until now, Montenegro had the status of Extension State and it was thus possible to extend to Montenegro the protection
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07, 2022
The Metaverse is a new place of exchange, not only for playful activities but also for commercial ones. Brands and products known on the traditional markets are offered to Metaverse users. A new trend is to use the Metaverse as a base for launching new products, in particular through a NFT (Non Fungible Token)
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07, 2022
1. The European Patent Office published recently the result of a survey regarding a grace period for novelty. The EPC requires to date strict novelty for the subject matter of EP patents, rendering publication of claimed subject matter before filing of the EP patent application opposable to the patent irrespective of the question whether the
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05, 2022
Background It is expected that the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force end of 2022 or beginning of 2023. At the same time the European Union regulation 1257/2012 and 1260/2012 will enter into force relating to the European patent with unitary effect (Unitary Patent) and the translation arrangements. The
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05, 2022
Despite the pandemic filings of European patent applications increased again. 188 600 patent applications were received by European Patent Office (EPO) in 2021, which is an increase of 4.5% in comparison to the previous year. This is the highest number of applications ever filed in one year. The EPO's Patent Index 2021 shows that patent filings
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04, 2022
The transfer of intellectual property rights free of charge must be qualified as a donation, and as such must comply with the requirements specific to the matter (Decision of the Paris Court of Justice, February 8, 2022, No. 19/14142). This case involved a trademark and Community designs owned by two individuals, Mr. X and
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03, 2022
The Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) adopted new WIPO Standard ST.26, which represents nucleotide and amino acid sequences listings in XML, replacing WIPO Standard ST.25. The representation of sequence listings in XML format rather than TXT format intends to improve access to international sequence databases. The new standard further harmonizes sequence listing practice among
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03, 2022
The invalidity procedure has been modified by the provisions of the "Loi Pacte" (in force since December 11, 2019) in particular with regard to its admissibility conditions, which, with respect to the evidence of exploitation of the prior trademark invoked, are twofold: 1. Proof of use of the earlier trademark subject to the obligation
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02, 2022
The present system of European (EP) patents granted by the European Patent Office, has the drawback that the same patent, validated in several states, may lead to several parallel disputes in these jurisdictions. The Unified Patent package creates a unitary effect for European patents encompassing the states that have ratified the Unified Patent Court
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02, 2022
The Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (the PAP-Protocol) was initially signed on 1st October 2015 to establish a Phase of Provisional Application (PAP) to ensure « a smooth transition into the operational phase and ensure the proper functioning of the Unified Patent Court before the entry into force of
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