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New record patent filings at European Patent Office in 2011
• 243 000 incoming applications up 3% on 2010
• filing levels – stabilisation in Europe; global shift towards Asia
Unitary Patent EU: Deal almost done
The EU Council of Ministers of early December 2011 has reached agreement on most issues of the Unitary European Patent. The only hurdle to be taken is the choice of the headquarters of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) which will be the cornerstone of the new system. London, Paris and Munich are still in the running. The Appeal Court will be located in Luxemburg, while Lisbon and Ljubljana will host an arbitration and mediation institute. The aim is to conclude the Convention for establishing the UPC during the first half of 2012, which will conclude a laborious process of many decades.
Read moreNew PCT feature for indicating the willingness to license inventions
In January 2012 WIPO is to introduce a register that will allow applicants interested in licensing the inventions contained in their international application, to make this information available on the PATENTSCOPE website.
Read moreDecision of CJEU limits patentability of human embryonic stem cells techniques
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a decision on the patentability of embryonic stem cells in the referred case of Brüstle vs Greenpeace (E-34/10).
Read moreSyncom wins Pfizer Innovation Challenge
Syncom has won the Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award. The award was presented to Syncom in September during the 2011 ChemOutsourcing Conference in Long Branch, New Jersey (USA). This is the second time the award is conferred.
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