As part of the Single Market Act, the European Commission has tabled on 13 April 2011 a package of two legislative proposals, under enhanced cooperation, that will radically reduce the cost of patents in Europe by up to 80%. The draft regulations will pass to the Council and the European Parliament…
On 10 March, 2011, the Council authorised the launch of an enhanced cooperation among EU member states for the creation of a unitary patent. For further information, see the press release of the Council.
On March 8, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its opinion on the draft agreement on the creation of a European and Community Patent Court. The Court concludes that the envisaged agreement is not compatible with the provisions of European Union law You can read the press release.
The administrative council of the European Patent Office appointed Joseph RIOLO and Pascal GRYCZKA, two former students at the CEIPI, as chairman of the technical boards of appeal 3.3.07 and 3.3.11, respectively. The appointments were made during the 125th session held from the 26th to the 28th of…
On August, 25, 2010, Yves Lapierre has been apppointed General Director of the INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle) by the Council of Ministers. A former Chairman and CEO of STMI and then AREVA TA, Yves Lapierre also held a number of positions at the French Atomic Energy Commission…
On March, 19, 2009 the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation voted the creation of a Federal Patent Court. This court is composed of judges with a technical background and a legal background. The judges of this new court have been choosen on June,16, 2010 and six of them take part to the…
The April 26, 2010, the Wittem Group published The European Copyright Code. This Project was established in 2002 as a collaboration between copyright scholars across the European Union concerned with the future development of European copyright law. The Wittem Group believes that a European…
The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has elected Benoît Battistelli, Director General of the French National Institute of Industrial Property and member of the CEIPI Administrative Board, to succeed Alison Brimelow as President of the European Patent Office (EPO).
European Union industry ministers at the 2982nd meeting of the Competitiveness Council on 4 December unanimously adopted new conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe. The full text is available below.