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IPONZ has updated its Patents Examination Manual practices by introducing sections on restoration and extensions of time in exceptional circumstances and amended its practice on claim overlap between parent and divisionals following recent Assistant Commissioner decisions.
Read moreGermany’s recent ratification of the Protocol on Provisional Application of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (Protocol) brings the establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) another important step closer.
Read moreNew Zealand and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement in principle in their Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
Read moreIn Miele Computer Cie KG v Green Label Manufacturing Europe Limited R 299/2021-3 an EUIPO Board of Appeal overturned a decision which had found that a vacuum cleaner bag is not eligible for design protection if it is not visible during normal use of the vacuum cleaner.
Read moreIn Haydn Brush Company Ltd v The Warehouse Limited [2021] NZIPOTM 30 the Assistant Commissioner held that preparatory use had not been sufficiently evidenced from the use of a mark on letterhead.
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