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World Intellectual Property Day 2024: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Goals

[26/04/2024] On 26 April 2024, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. This year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) focuses on the close link between...

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News: Evolution of the Regulation on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs)

[01/02/2024] On January 24, 2024, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted in favour of new rules for new genomic techniques (NGTs) used to genetically modify...

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Validation of European patents in Georgia

[17/01/2024] The validation agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and Georgia entered into force on 15 January 2024. Patents filed on or after this date can therefore be...

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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office will increase its official fees in 2024

[06/11/2023] On 1 January 2024, the majority of official fees charged by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) will increase from 25% to 36%. This increase will...

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1 November 2023: End of the “Ten Day Rule”

[02/11/2023] In October 2022, the Administrative Council of the EPO amended a number of the Implementing Regulations of the European Patent Convention (EPC) including the...

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Decision G1/22 & G2/22: The Enlarged Board of Appeal simplifies the requirements on transfer of priority right

[12/10/2023] The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has just issued its decision in cases G1/22 and G2/22 about entitlement to priority. Whereas it was...

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“Poisonous unitary effect”, what’s new with the UPC

[28/09/2023] In our last article in the series "What’s new with the UPC", we showed that the existence of a prior national right (a national patent application from a European State,...

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The French Supreme Court clarifies infringement by equivalents

[26/09/2023] Photo by Robin Ooode on Unsplash In a ruling handed down on 28 June, 2023, the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) clarified the principles of infringement by...

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Kubota case: the French Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) overturns the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal concerning second-generation divisional applications

[07/09/2023] Kubota Corporation had filed before the French Patent Office (INPI) a divisional application deriving from a patent application still under examination ("parent...

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National Prior Rights, what’s new with the UPC

[26/07/2023] On 1 June 2023, the entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Jurisdiction (UPCA) finally implemented the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent...

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US Supreme Court decision in Amgen v Sanofi case

[12/07/2023] Photo by Fine Photographics on Unsplash On 18 May 2023, the US Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in the famous dispute between Amgen and Sanofi, highlighting...

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Double protection between French and European patents, what’s new with the UPC

[23/06/2023] On 1 June 2023, the entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Jurisdiction (UPCA) finally set up the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent...

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