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IP Law Update November 2020
Important EPO News:
EPO changes oral proceedings regime to video only - advantage for all parties involved
EPO Prosecution Guide:
How to achieve a favorable scope of protection and broaden the scope of protection of early patent filings
EU Case Law News:
Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC): How to argue against Royalty Pharma (C-650/17) and TEVA (C-217/17)
The Start-Up Experts:
WaHe-patent provides 360° IP services for early and grown up start-ups
Divisional applications:
extending the 24M filing deadline - details of significance
National Case Law News:
Medical devices & SPC in Germany & The Netherlands
(DE FPC decision 14W (pat) 12/07; NL No. AWB 02/1915OCT)
UK cases: High Court referral to CJEU (C-195/09) (C-427/09)
Biosimilars/EMA:
European Medicines Agency (EMA) – draft guideline on similar biological medicinal products/mAbs released
Miscellaneous:
Republic of Serbia joined the EPC as 38th member state (use updated forms 1010/request of grant and 1200/entry EP)
Hungary accedes London Protocol (applicable January 01, 2011)
Attention: EPC Rule changes effective January 1, 2011
EPO divisional applications – before October 1, 2010
EPC Law News:
amended Rule 141 / new Rule 70b EPC regarding foreign search results ‐
effective January 1, 2011
EPO Case Law News:
G01/10 (T1145/09) ‐ "Correction of grant decision after initiation of opposition proceedings"
G02/10 (T1068/07) ‐ "Disclaimer”
G02/07 & G01/08 ”Essentially biological processes”
National Case Law News:
DE FSC:X ZR 79/07 – right of inventor for compensation beyond German Employee Inventor Act
Miscellaneous:
Serbia becomes EPC member state as of October 1, 2010
IP Law Update November 2020 (PDF)