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Implementation of the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe and the Intellectual Property Action Plan – Part 2

In addition to the Pharmaceutical strategy for Europe[1], the European Commission adopted a new Action Plan for Intellectual Prop...

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Implementation of the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe and the Intellectual Property Action Plan – Part 1

Back in November 2020, the European Commission proposed a new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe which aims at ensuring the quality and safety of medicines while strengthening...

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Revision of G3/04? – Discussion on the continuation of the appeal by intervener

In opposition appeal proceedings "T1286/23.3.2.04", Board 3.2.4 intends to deviate from decision G 3/04 and thus raises the prospect of a corresponding question being referred...

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The road to G1/23 “solar cell” – Determining the fate of commercial polymer products as prior art

By interlocutory decision of 27 June 2023 in case T 438/19

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Dr. Michaela Weigel-Krusemarck on current developments in formal priority law

In the course of our regular internal attorney seminar,

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One year Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in facts and figures

We are already one year into the new European patent and court system – a year of eagerly watching and waiting to see how the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Pa...

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