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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The provinces of Canada held responsibility for patents within their boundaries The British North America Act established that patents were a federal...

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

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

granted. Brussels Regime Enforcement of European patents Unitary patent Jochen Buhling, Cross-border injunctions in patent infringement cases: paradise...

that European patents are national rights that must be enforced nationally, that it was "unavoidable" that infringements of the same European patent have...

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)...

filing date rather than on the last day of the month. Following amendments made by the Patents Act 2004, The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005, which came into...