The book is an excellent read for anyone preparing for their first oppositions or appeals, as it gives a very good overview with practical tips as well as common pitfalls to avoid. The case law of the boards of appeal of the european patent office is a book, published by the european patent office epo, which summarizes the body of case law on the european patent convention developed by the boards of appeal of the epo since the epc entered into force at the end of the 1970s. This includes questions of biopatent prosecution, novelty, inventive step, written disclosure and sufficiency of enablement as well as questions of law enforcement of biotech patents. Written in a practical way, the book thoroughly and systematically deals with topics ranging from processing an application to submitting appeals. Training programme on european patent law and practice eqe. I added references to the rules and to the guidelines of the epo, the european patent office. The book manages to show the complex situation and the different opinions from the beginning of the discussion in a clear and. The book also looks to the future, by addressing all the areas of patent law for which the proposed unified patent court upc will need to establish a common approach.
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The official website of the european patent office epo. The 16 th edition of the european patent convention published june 2016 is available. European patent law stefan luginbuehl bok 9781849801058. The patent court for europe based on the proposals for an agreement on the european and eu patents court eeupc. Written by a team of lawyers with longstanding experience in patent litigation in europe, this book is a comprehensive and practical guide to substantive european patent law, which aims to highlight the areas of consistency and difference between the most influential european patent law jurisdictions.
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He was until recently a member of the examination board and also chairman of the european qualifying examination committee d responsible for the legal paper of the epa examinations. The effectiveness and legal certainty of the protection conferred by the european patent can be increased at the national level by allowing extensive forum shopping and thereby promoting the creation of specialised courts, and especially specialised judges. Law and procedure under the epc and pct 9780199254279. A section i particularly appreciated was the very clear and explicit explanation of hearing of witnesses. With china undertaking a fourth patent law amendment, the provisions contained in the second draft of the patent law 2015, which was published in december 2015, are included in the analysis. In our technological society patent law plays a central role as an incentive for the development and marketing of new technologies in many fields of business. Ian muir is a chartered patent agent and european patent attorney and a partner of the firm of page hargrave. As is well known, there is no common and harmonised set of rules that govern patent validity and infringement across europe. European patent law towards a uniform interpretation. Apr 07, 2015 the book is designed not only to be used by european patent attorneys and paralegals, but also by academics and anyone with a background in european patent law who needs to understand us patent law. The 2019 edition of this preeminent work the only regularly updated authoritative articlebyarticle commentary in english on the european patent convention epc, its implementing regulations, and associated case law provides the complete text of the 2000 convention annotated with commentary and expert guidance on the interpretation of each paragraph. Basic training in european patent law ceipi university of.
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With its national law relating to the epc booklet, the epo aims to provide european patent applicants and proprietors, and all others concerned with the european patent system, with a concise guide to the most important provisions and requirements of the relevant national law in the epc contracting states, extension states and validation states. Case law of the boards of appeal of the european patent office. Oct 17, 2019 the book also looks to the future, by addressing all the areas of patent law for which the proposed unified patent court upc will need to establish a common approach. This book offers a practical and comprehensive guide to using the european patent system. Can the united kingdom restrict the number of refugees that wish to come to their country after being taken in by greece or france.
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