Newsletter Articles: Europe

System Overview

• Recent EPO Decisions (Spring-Summer 1998)
• Recent EPO Decisions (Winter 1998)
• Recent EPO Decisions (Autumn 1997)
• Recent EPO Decisions (Winter 1997)

Legislative DevelopmentsPatent Eligible Subject Matter

• A Variety of Interpretations of "Plant Variety" (Winter 2000)
• The Present Status Of Software Protection In Europe and Germany (Autumn 1999)
• The Changing Landscape for Patenting Transgenic Plants in Europe (Summer 1999)
• Recent Decisions of EPO in Biotechnology (1995 Spring)

Utility

• Highly Anticipated UK Decision of Biogen V. Medeva about the Validity of Biotechnology Patents (Spring-Summer 1997)

Novelty

• Priority Right and Period of "Grace": Two Separate Issues under the European Patent Law (Spring 2000)

NonobviousnessDisclosure Requirements

• Update on the EPO Deposit Requirement (Spring 1996)

Claim Interpretation

• Clarity of Patent Claims (Spring-Summer 1998)

Doctrine of Equivalents

Direct and Indirect Infringement

• Recent German Federal Supreme Court Decisions on Experimental Use and Compulsory Licensing (Summer 1996)

Remedies

• Actual Royalty Rates in Patent-, Know-How- and Computer Program-License Agreements (Autumn 1997)

Ownership and Employee’s Invention

• Ownership of Employee’s Invention in Germany (Autumn 1996)

Post Issuance Procedure

• Key Features of the European Patent office (EPO) Opposition Procedures (Spring-Summer 1997)

Jurisdiction and Judicial System

• Übung Macht den Meister: How US District Courts can Better Adjudicate Patents by Learning from Germany’s Specialized Courts. (Winter 2000)

Trademark Law

• Protection Of A Color Under The Law Of The United States, Germany, And Japan (Autumn 1999)

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