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America Invents Act (AIA) – IP Summit Brussels
As noted in an earlier post, the unitary patent and unified patent court in Europe was a hot topic of conversation at the IP Summit in Brussels recently. However, the unitary patent package was not the only major law change discussed and on 7 December 2012 I attended an informative session on “Filing Scenarios Before and After March 16, 2013” in relation to the America Invents Act (AIA).
This session was chaired by Eric Raciti from Finnegan with Malcolm T Meeks (Infineon Technologies AG) and Prof. Herb Munsterman (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law) on the panel. The session focused on changes to the scope of prior art under AIA and also covered changes to the US grace period and new post-grant procedures that will be available to challenge granted US patents.
Unitary Patent Package – the national patent alternative
As noted in Emily Weal’s earlier post on the subject (see here) patent applicants will still have the option of opting out of the unitary patent package if desired and applying for direct national patents.
A note of caution was sounded in the earlier post highlighting that not all of the 25 European countries that are part of the unitary patent package permit national phase entry from a PCT application.
In this post we take a closer look at which countries you need to keep an eye on.
Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
Last week the pan-European Intellectual Property Summit (IP Summit) was held in Brussels and the first morning of the summit saw a number of discussions regarding the unitary patent and unified patent court. A common theme that seemed to crop up from anyone representing the official EU position was that the proposed unitary patent protection (UPP) package isn’t perfect but it’ll do! Hmm.
The opening keynote introduction was from Kerstin Jorna from the European Commission (Director, Intellectual Property – Internal Market & Services DG) who likened the UPP package to a cake that doesn’t look like the picture in the recipe book when you remove it from the oven. According to Ms Jorna in such circumstances we should ask ourselves whether the cake is fit to be served to our family! Apparently the UPP cake is fit to be eaten. Please insert your own joke here about too many cooks in the kitchen….
The UK Intellectual Property Office – 160 years young
Next year the London Underground is 150 years old. With an extensive maintenance project underway some might say it is showing its age.
The UK Intellectual Property Offfice on the other hand celebrates 160 years this year and this IPcopywriter believes it is a case of 160 years young rather than 160 years old.
Scotland – New Rules of Court of Session – IP reforms
Earlier posts on IPcopy have discussed the Patents County Court of England and Wales and the recently introduced small claims track for certain IP actions.
Now, in Scotland, a new Act of Sederunt before the Court of Session (the supreme civil court of Scotland) has introduced a number of procedural reforms relating to intellectual property disputes in Scotland.
Mo Bros are Go to Mo Mow
The end is in sight. Many thanks to everyone who has sponsored us or mentioned us. As of the time of writing we have raised around £3200 in support of men’s health issues. A fantastic effort all round. Final day photos are below. Look on with awe!
Our team page can be found here and there’s still time to donate if you want to!
Einstein’s Fridge
We all know a bit about Albert Einstein – genius, Patent Office examiner, purveyor of a noteworthy moustache and also ….inventor of a fridge.
Mid Month Movember Mo-photos
We promised to post an update to show how we are getting on with our moustache growing. Readers of a nervous disposition should probably stop reading now!
Apple Apology – Text of Judgment available
As noted in earlier posts (here and here) the statement Apple posted to their website wasn’t exactly what the judges in the Court of Appeal had in mind. The full text of the judgment following Samsung’s complaint is now available here. It is well worth a read and almost relentless in its disapproval of Apple’s actions.
The current version of the Apple website links to the intended wording. Or you could try this.
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