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The Political Legacy Of Ms Alison Brimelow
Earlier in May 2009 I had reported that Ms Brimelow is not going to apply for a second term in Office as President of the European Patent Office beyond her term ending in June 2010. After considerable woes, the Administrative Council (AC) of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg) eventually...
BREAKING NEWS: Mr. Benoît Battistelli to become next President EPO
There are fresh reports on Twitter saying that Mr. Benoît Battistelli today has won a sufficient majority on the session of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg) running the European Patent Office. Mr Battistelli currently is Director General of France's Institut ...
Improving the Links Between ESOs and the European Patent Office
On July 23, 2009 I had reported that the European Patent Office (EPO) had concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc Standards Association (IEEE-SA). In this context Mr Wim Van der Eijkof the EPO also had indicated that EPO was in talks...
Internet Communication Without Middlemen - The Burgfrieden is Fading
It has always been difficult for contemporaries to recognise the peculiarities of their own epoch in which they live. Later on, after decades or centuries, it is much easier to analyse and explain things ex post in countless doctoral thesis and other scholar work. Nevertheless, those who here and...
A Unified European Patent System - The Historical Perspective
As it is well known to all stakeholders involved, the patent system in Europe is highly fragmented: On the one hand, there is a system of patents granted or registered by national patent offices throughout Europe. On the other hand, in parallel there has been set up a European Patent Office (EPO)...
New EU Council Resolution In The Making: 'Enhancing The Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights In The Internal Market'
On February 05, 2010, the General Secretariat of the EU Council has published Document 6164/10 titled “Commission communication 'Enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market' - Revised proposal for a Council Resolution” replacing its predecessor published in Docum...
Administrative Council Fails To Determine New EPO President
A session of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg) is going on from December 08-11, 2009.Reports are coming in that yesterday another round of voting to determine the next EPO President has failed. According to Article 11 (1) EPC, the President of the European...
A Few Comments On The EU Council's Conclusions On An Enhanced Patent System in Europe
A bird in the hand ...Last week we saw the EU Council finalising a number of conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe feeding hopes that after long decades of futile endeavour there might be, on some day in future, a happy end of this story. But - after having thought of that issue over...
(Partial) Political Breakthrough: Conclusions On An Enhanced Patent System In Europe
Ms Lene ESPERSEN, Danish Minister of Economic and Business Affairs,Ms Sabine LEUTHESSER-SCHNARRENBERGER, German Minister of Justice Today was the final day of the 2982nd Competitiveness (Internal market, Industry and Research) EU Council meeting and, as expected, some important political signal was...
EU Community Patent And UPLS: Will There Be A Political Breakthrough Soon?
On November 02, 2009, I had reported on Document 15149/09 addressed to the Intellectual Property Attachés of the EU Member States and titled Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent - Revised text. To what end will these preparatory works come, and when? The Intellectual Property ...

