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Unitary patent: signature of the agreement on Unified Patent Court

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
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  • February 28 2013

On 19 February 2013, Ministers from twenty-four participating Member States for the enhanced cooperation in the area of the unitary patent have

Update on proposals for a Unified Patent Court

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 31 2013

We have previously reported on proposals for a EU patent package, comprising a single patent with effect in all participating EU countries (the

Creation of a worldwide classification system for patent documents

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have launched on 2 January 2013 the "Cooperative Patent Classification"

Patent: agreement of the Competitiveness Council and approval of the European Parliament for the unitary patent package

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 30 2012

On 10 December 2012, during the Competitiveness Council, the Ministers of the Participating Members State for the enhanced cooperation in the area of the unitary patent have endorsed the agreement reached by the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper I), on 19 November 2012, on the unitary patent package

Round-up of key developments

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain
  • -
  • October 31 2012

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Admissibility of preliminary cross-border injunctions in IP cases in the Netherlands

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Netherlands
  • -
  • October 25 2012

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) rendered a judgment between Solvay and Honeywell on the admissibility of preliminary cross-border injunctions in IP infringement cases in the Netherlands

English court asks the CJEU to try again on supplementary protection certificates

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 25 2012

Following two recent decisions of the English High Court, preliminary references have been made to the European Court of Justice seeking clarity on when a supplementary protection certificate can be granted for pharmaceutical products comprising combinations of active ingredients

The admissibility of cross-border injunctions in intellectual property cases in the Netherlands European Court of Justice of 12 July 2012

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Netherlands
  • -
  • August 17 2012

On 12 July 2012, the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") rendered a judgment between Solvay and Honeywell relating to the admissibility of cross-border injunctions in Intellectual Property cases in the Netherlands (case C-61610

EPO patent examination guidelines to reflect stem cells ruling

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The European Patent Office (EPO)'s latest revisions to the Guidelines for Examination (in force on 20 June 2012) now reflect the Brüstle ruling of the Court of Justice (CJEU) on the patentability of stem cell inventions using human embryos

The Unified Patent Court: so close, and yet so far?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The latest proposals for a single patent (the Unitary Patent) and a single patent court for EU Member States (the Unified Patent Court or UPC) have seen a recent surge of activity, but does that mean the UPC will go ahead?

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