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06, 2023
This quarterly LAVOIX newsletter presents a selection of legal news in the field of personal data protection for the period of March-May 2023.
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06, 2023
In March, the European Patent Office (EPO) has published a new version of the Guidelines for Examination.
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05, 2023
In November 2021, a Technical Board of Appeal referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding the notion of Plausibility and how it should be approached before the EPO.
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05, 2023
The decision of the General Court of European Union (December 7, 2022, T-623/21, EU:T:2022:776, Puma SE / EUIPO – Vaillant GmbH) has been widely commented by the IP community.
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04, 2023
Today, April 14, is World Quantum Day!
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04, 2023
On 8 February 2023, the New York Court found the American artist Mason Rothschild guilty of counterfeit and dilution of the registered trademark BIRKIN for marketing under the name “MetaBirkins” NFTs representing faux-fur-covered handbags whose shape was inspired by the iconic Birkin bag from Hermès.
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03, 2023
This LAVOIX newsletter presents a selection of legal news in the field of personal data protection for the period January – February 2023.
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03, 2023
The fees and expenses as revised by the EPO are binding on payments made on or after 1 April 2023. This adjustment comes only one year after the last fee adjustment of 1 April 2022. In the past, the EPO used to adapt the official fees every two years.
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01, 2023
The European Patent Convention (EPC) was signed in Munich on October 5, 1973 and entered into force on October 7, 1977 for the following member states: Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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11, 2022
The European Patent with unitary effect (“Unified Patent”) will be introduced soon. The final missing ratification is expected to be deposited by Germany in December.