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Brief report from epi Council meeting (C99)

May 12, 2025

epi Council meeting C99 took place on 10 May 2025 in Vilnius (LT).

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EU Plant (Non-)Patenting Proposals Update

May 07, 2025

Update on the status of the legislative process towards a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and the implications for patenting of plant products in the EU - Biotech Committee prepared, on behalf of epi, an update of its previous position paper

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CJEU Decision C-339/22 on Jurisdiction on Patent Infringement and Invalidity

March 20, 2025

On 25 February 2025, the Grand Chamber of the CJEU handed down a decision on the interpretation of the Brussels Ibis Regulation on the jurisdiction of Courts in Europe on patent litigation and validity of a European Patent in another country.

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Life of a Patent - Distance Learning Course

February 26, 2025

Join our distance learning course on Life of a patent starting on 1 April 2025.
This distance learning course is intended for beginners in the profession but also for any patent practitioners/patent engineers that would like to refresh their EPC knowledge and skills.

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Seminar: Case Law supported by the Boards of Appeal of the EPO

February 26, 2025

Next stopp Vienna - Registration is open for our successful seminar series on “Case law supported by the BoA of the EPO”.

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