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Twelve candidates from nine countries have been shortlisted for the European Inventor Award 2010. The winners will be announced in Madrid on 28 April.

Après avoir entendu les parties lors de la procédure orale, la division d'opposition compétente de l'Office européen des brevets (OEB) a décidé de maintenir le brevet précité.

EPO President Alison Brimelow gave the 2010 Francis Gurry Intellectual Property Lecture at the Melbourne Law School.

Une division d'opposition de l'Office européen des brevets doit statuer mercredi et jeudi sur le maintien d'un brevet dans le domaine agricole, dont la délivrance a été attaquée par plusieurs organisations, parmi lesquelles Greenpeace Allemagne.

Le candidat français a obtenu la majorité qualifiée requise des voix des Etats membres de l'OEB.

The negotiations are part of the European Patent Office's support to the EU's Neighbourhood Policy.

The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation will once again vote to elect the next President of the European Patent Office (EPO).

ECAP III, a European Commission-funded initiative aimed at strengthening IPRs in ten Asian countries, builds on the success of two earlier projects.

Le Conseil a décidé que la même procédure devait être poursuivie avec le même panel de candidats, lors d'une session extraordinaire du Conseil le 1er mars 2010.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO will hold public oral proceedings in cases G2/07 ("Broccoli") and G1/08 ("Tomatoes") on 20 and 21 July 2010 in Munich.

At an extraordinary meeting in Munich on 2/3 February, delegations of the 36 member states of the European Patent Organisation will vote to elect the next EPO President

L'étude sera menée dans tous les Etats membres, ainsi qu'aux Etats-Unis, et ses conclusions nous permettront de déterminer comment améliorer l'accès à l'information brevets et sa compréhensibilité.

The first findings of the "Patents and clean energy" study conducted by the EPO with UNEP and the ICTSD were presented at a side event at the Climate Change Summit.

The Russian patent office, the European Commission and the EPO have agreed on next steps in the implementation of a project aimed at aligning the Russian and EU patent systems

With their decision of 4 December in the Competitiveness Council, the EU Ministers have paved the way forward towards a supranational patent system in Europe.

The basic concept underlying the future EU patent system is that the EU accedes to the European Patent Convention and that the EPO grants EU patents.

The new website will provide information on co-operation among the world's five biggest patent offices.

The EU Council agreed on a general approach to the draft Regulation on the EU patent.

The first findings of a study on patenting and climate change will be presented at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference on 18 December.

The agreement confirms the two organisations' commitment to work together on patents and standards to better serve industry in Europe and beyond