Statements on current legal topics and issues - Archive

  • EU Patent Reform: Squaring the circle after the “Brexit” vote,

    Article on the impact of the outcome of the British referendum on leaving the EU on the European patent reform (Published on 19/09/2016, updated on 15/12/2016)

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  • EU Patent Reform: German TV coverage on the European patent reform (Published on 18/08/2016, latest update on 26/10/2017)

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  • EU Patent Reform: The “expert teams” of the Preparatory Committee,

    Article on the composition of the “expert teams” of the Preparatory Committee for the Unified Patent Court and on the participation of members from the legal profession “in their personal capacity” (Published on 16/06/2016)

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  • EU Patent Reform: A poisoned gift for SMEs,

    Article on the costs of “unitary patent” and Unified Patent Court in relation to the promised support of SMEs (Published on 28/04/2016)

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  • EU Patent Reform: Council allows access to withheld documents,

    Article on the denial of access to Council documents relating to the “unitary patent package” (Published on 07/03/2016)

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  • EU Patent Reform: Die parlamentarische Historie des europäischen “Einheitspatents” (The Parliamentary History of the European “Unitary Patent”), book with verbatim protocol of selected meetings in the European Parliament and its Legal Affairs Committee (German and original language) (Published on 01/03/2016)

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  • EU-Patentreform: The Parliamentary History of the European “Unitary Patent”, book with verbatim protocol of selected meetings in the European Parliament and its Legal Affairs Committee (English and original language) (Published on 01/03/2016)

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