A European Patent (EP) application may generally be filed at the European Patent Office or the national Patent Office (if the national law so permits). In some countries, however, certain...
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The Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) adopted Regulation 6187/2023, concerning the formal requirements of applications and documents presented in applications for registration under the Industrial Property Code. The Regulation revokes...
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The new system comprised by the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court is intended to start on 1 June 2023. Despite the fact that Portugal is one of the...
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Today we are publishing Part II of a sequence of short FAQ about the European Patent with Unitary Effect. The Part I covering Questions 1 to 4 can be found here: …
Today we start publishing a series of articles in the form of short FAQ about the European Patent with Unitary Effect (EPUE). What is the European Patent with Unitary Effect...
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The Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) entered into force on 19 January 2022, following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Austria....
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