EPO

Stopping your competitors from obtaining patent protection can be equally as important as patenting your own inventions. You don’t necessarily…

The entry into operation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will not occur in December 2017, the previously announced target…

Irrespective of Brexit, the unitary patent (UP) agreement may come into force by early next year. When a European patent…

Cambodia has signed a Validation Agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) to recognise European patents in Cambodia. This agreement…

2016 was an interesting year for the EPO. Applications remained broadly flat at around 160,000, but (as we previously reported…

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Russian Patent Office (ROSPATENT) have agreed a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programme…