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- Speeding up UK patent applications
- The trade mark symbol
- What is a Community Registered Design (CRD)?
- What is a European Patent?
- What is a European Trade Mark (EUTM)?
- Can a patent be restored after renewal payments are missed?
- Intellectual Property Solicitors
- Use of Reference Numerals in Patent Specifications
- Claim amendments during PCT application procedure
- Licence as of right
- What are the implications of Brexit on IP rights?
- Excess claim and page fees
- Legal protection for coats of arms
- Trade mark notice of threatened oppposition TM7A
- UK Trade Mark Invalidation
- Early Requests for Unitary Patent
- The importance of a UK address for service
The European Patent Office (EPO) is now accepting early designations of the Unitary Patent for European patent applications.
The European Patent Office (EPO) is now accepting early designations of the Unitary Patent for European patent applications in the rule 71(3) EPC late stage of grant.
This is a transitional provision pending the Unitary Patent system coming into force later this year on the expected date of June 01, 2023. For an in depth analysis of this change and its meaning for European Patent applications, please download our white paper using the link below.
For more information, please contact us to speak with one of our European Patent Attorneys.
