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06 February 2023

Preview pending: EPO invites comments on 2023 Guidelines

The European Patent Office (EPO) has published a preview version of its annual Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office ("EPC Guidelines") and the Guidelines for Search and Examination at the European Patent Office as PCT Authority ("PCT-EPO Guidelines") which will come into force on March 1, 2023.

IP news

27 January 2023

Hot news from the EPO Boards of Appeal

Oral proceedings before the Boards of Appeal will continue to be provided in-person at the European Patent Office (EPO), or by video conference (VICO), or by mixed-mode upon request; the board decides on the mode and on any request for a change.

IP news

27 January 2023

Watch now our webinar on Software- and AI-based Innovations

At the end of last year, Andrej Michalik, David Lesthaeghe, Jacek Kepa and Joost Muylle spoke at our IP Café on how software- and AI-based inventions can be protected by intellectual property rights. You can now watch the recording!

General

16 January 2023

Ann De Clercq & Liesbet Paemen named as IAM Global Leader 2023!

We are thrilled to announce that both Ann De Clercq and Liesbet Paemen are being featured for the fourth consecutive time in the honorable publication of the IAM Global Leaders Guide, the annual list with world’s leading private patent experts.

IP news

12 January 2023

Watch now our webinar 'Getting ready for opt-outs'!

On December 14, 2022, we held a webinar on the Unitary Patent System and the Unified Patent Court and strategy for possibly opting out of the UPC system ‘Getting ready for opt-outs’. You can still watch the recording!

Preview pending: EPO invites comments on 2023 Guidelines

Hot news from the EPO Boards of Appeal

Watch now our webinar on Software- and AI-based Innovations

Ann De Clercq & Liesbet Paemen named as IAM Global Leader 2023!

Watch now our webinar 'Getting ready for opt-outs'!

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