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I started IP Newsflash in 2004 when training to become a patent attorney with the goal to always see the latest communications from the IP Offices, IP related decisions and other IP related news.
Decisions
- BPatG München 19. Senat, Beschluss vom 09.08.2021, 19 W (pat) 47/19
- 20-1673: MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. v. BIOGEN MA INC. [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 20-1933: BIOGEN INTERNATIONAL GMBH v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. [OPINION], Precedential
- BPatG München 4. Senat, Urteil vom 15.07.2021, 4 Ni 64/19 (EP)
- BPatG München 11. Senat, Beschluss vom 19.10.2021, 11 W (pat) 38/17
- BPatG München 19. Senat, Beschluss vom 21.09.2021, 19 W (pat) 6/21
- BPatG München 6. Senat, Urteil vom 08.07.2021, 6 Ni 46/19 (EP), verb. mit 6Ni 47/19 (EP), verb. mit 6Ni 48/19 (EP)
- BPatG München 2. Senat, Urteil vom 12.08.2021, 2 Ni 48/20 (EP), verb. m. 2 Ni 65/20 (EP)
- BPatG München 3. Senat, Urteil vom 05.10.2021, 3 Ni 31/19
- 21-1646: WILLIAMS v. MCDONOUGH [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 21-1370: BRITTEX FINANCIAL, INC. v. DOLLAR FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 20-2073: INDIVIOR UK LIMITED v. DR. REDDY”S LABORATORIES S.A. [OPINION], Precedential
- 21-184: In Re FRANCIS [ORDER], Nonprecedential
- 21-189: In Re SMITH [ORDER], Nonprecedential
- 21-175: In Re SCHNATTER [ORDER], Nonprecedential
- 20-1872: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA v. FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS [OPINION], Precedential
- 19-2162: UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK, INC. [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 21-1397: CERANA v. MCDONOUGH [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 21-2000: BROADEN v. TRANSPORTATION [OPINION], Nonprecedential
- 21-186: In Re BALIK [ORDER], Nonprecedential
Offices
- Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 6915
- EU enforcement of IP rights: a joint report with the European Commission
- WIPO Director General Meets with Yemen's Vice-Minister for Commerce and Industry (photo on Flickr)
- Guidance: IP in ASEAN
- Policy briefing of the State Council releases information about the National Plan for Protection and Application of Intellectual Property Rights Durin...
- The Official Journal 11/2021 is now available online
- EPO remains the "gold standard" for patent quality
- EPO adopts more stringent measures to respond to intensified corona crisis
- Two thirds of users rate videoconferencing for oral proceedings in opposition positively
- WIPO Director General Meets with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Tourism (photo on Flickr)
- WIPO Director General Meets with Qatar's Undersecretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (photo on Flickr)
- WIPO Director General Meets with Lebanon's Minister of Economy and Trade (photo on Flickr)
- Director General Tang Meets President of Viet Nam, Pledges WIPO’s Support (Photo on Flickr)
- Hague System: Amendments to Common Regulations
- Registration is open for Online training (13 to 17 December) for 2/3 day or 1 week on Patent filing, Patent Specification, Patent Search
- Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: October 2021
- Guidance: Orphan works diligent search guidance for applicants
- Trophées INPI : félicitations aux cinq lauréats de cette édition anniversaire !
- EPO launches major patent training initiative together with the national IP offices of Portugal and Brazil
- Guidance: Examining patent applications for medical inventions
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