European patents are granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) under the legal provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC). However, European...

The European Patent Convention (EPC), also known as the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, is a multilateral treaty instituting...

National patents may be the only available patents in European states that are neither party to the European Patent Convention nor the Eurasian Patent Convention...

applicability of patents to substances and processes wholly or partially natural in origin is a subject of debate. Business method patent – includes patents on new...

Europe-wide patent may refer to: Unitary patent, a European Union project to create a unitary patent in most EU member states European patents, granted...

possible for part of the unitary territory. The unitary patent may coexist with nationally enforceable patents ("classical" patents) in the non-participating...

The draft European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), or formally the Draft Agreement on the establishment of a European patent litigation system, was...

a single or unitary European Union patent or uniformly recognised Europe-wide patent, but a bundle of national patents. Patents granted by the EPO can...

question of whether European patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in these fields (sometimes called "software patents") are regarded as valid...

the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The most recent directive relating specifically to patents is Directive on the patentability of biotechnological...

Software patent Software patents under the European Patent Convention Software patents under TRIPs Agreement "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament...

patent system associated with the European Patent Convention (EPC), in the context of which the European Patent Office (EPO) grants European patents through...

awarded. In Europe, national courts are competent for adjudicating patent infringement of national patents, national parts of European patents and Eurasian...

infringing the patent in order to enforce their rights. The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive...

industry. Enforcement by patent trolls of poor quality patents has led to criticism of the patent office as well as the system itself. Patents on pharmaceuticals...

doctrine in Dutch patent law Cross-border injunction – Injunction with pan-EU effect Enforcement of European patents – Enforcement only on a per-country...

The European Union (EU) proposal for a directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (2005/0127/COD)...

jurisdictions. Software patents under multilateral treaties: Software patents under TRIPs Agreement Software patents under the European Patent Convention Computer...

ownership of patents more liquid, thereby creating incentives to innovate and patent. Patent Licensing Entities also argue that aggregating patents in the...

a list of software patents, which contains notable patents and patent applications involving computer programs (also known as a software patent). Software...

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent...

Europol, officially the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU). Established in...

infringement and revocation proceedings of European patents (regular European patents unless they were opted out and unitary patents). A single court ruling is directly...

of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (also known as "(IPR) Enforcement Directive"...

screened their films and where. The patents owned by the MPPC allowed them to use federal law enforcement officials to enforce their licensing agreements and...

Kong recognizes standard patents or patents for invention registered and granted in the People's Republic of China, European Patent Office (designated UK)...

of patents: invention patents, utility model patents, and design patents. Invention patents are substantively examined, while utility model patents are...

infringement of patents. The rules and laws governing patent prosecution are often laid out in manuals released by the Patent Offices of various governments...

Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. The patents granted in accordance with the EPC are called European patents. In other words, the grant...

licenses for patents. More aggressive patent enforcement. This effort has been observed more broadly in proposals for WIPO and European Union rules on...