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Use requirement for European Union Community trademarks defined by relevant market

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 15 2013

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently established that use of a Community trademark within one European Union ("EU") Member

Unified European Patent and Patent Courts a likely reality by 2014

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 15 2013

In the wake of the United States falling in line with the rest of the world by changing to a "first inventor to file" system on March 16, Europe has

Assignments in the United States do not always pass muster in Europe

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • January 15 2013

In the United States, where an inventor must assign ownership of patent rights to his or her employer or another company, he or she signs an

USPTO and EPO to launch Cooperative Patent Classification

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • November 15 2012

The USPTO and the European Patent Office will launch the Cooperative Patent Classification scheme on January 1, 2013

Analyzing post-grant review proceedings in view of European opposition proceedings

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • November 17 2011

An important change to the United States patent system in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is the introduction of post-grant review (PGR) proceedings that allows third parties the opportunity to request review of any newly issued or reissued U.S. patent based on a broad range of reasons

High-level changes at the European Patent Office

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 17 2010

This July, BenoƮt Battistelli will take charge as the next president of the European Patent Office (EPO

European patent rules changes set to take effect April 1

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 15 2010

In an effort to improve patent quality and accelerate patent examination, the European Patent Office (EPO) adopted a numberof rule changes that are set to take effect on April 1, 2010