After a patent has been granted and published, anyone except the patent owner has the opportunity to oppose the patent within nine months. However,...
It is with pleasure that we can welcome Marie-Louise to our Gothenburg office. Marie-Louise has extensive experience in patent work in the field of...
The prohibition of double patenting seems to be an accepted principle adopted by the Examiners at the European Patent office (EPO) and in many othe...
The Patent language commission, by order of the Swedish government, has now delivered their Report on “National patents in English? (SOU 2012:19).”...
Today it is required that suspected online offences have resulted in a conditional sentence or imprisonment, in order for a prosecutor to be allowe...
Last Thursday, Valea arranged a House Warming event at Medicon Village where our new office in Lund is located. The event was well-attended and Val...
Yahoo has filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook for use of their social network technology protected with 10 patents. According to the...
We hereby provide an overview of Valea’s services in a new film. You can hear Anders Havstam and Andrew Hammond, among others, give Valea’s views o...
In March 2012, India granted its first compulsory license ever. The license was granted to Indian generic drug manufacturer Natco Pharma Ltd for...
On March 20, 2012, the United States Supreme Court in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc. (Supreme Court 2012), unanimously held...
A notice from the EPO concerning amended Rule 71 and new Rule 71a EPC explains many details concerning these amendments to the Implementing...
The European Patent Office has announced that it will be increasing many of its official fees as of 1 April 2012. Since many fees may be validly pa...
Today, Valea moves into Medicon Village in Lund. Together with the Biomedical Centre in Lund (BMC), the Clinical Research Centre in Malmö (CRC) and...
The foundation SKAPA is currently seeking applicants for two awards, the "SKAPA Future Innovator" and the "SKAPA Development Award." SKAPA Future...
On February 9, 2012, but not available until recently, the CJEU (The Court of Justice of the European Union) delivered a decision in the much...
Last week, the EPO (European Patent Office) launched a new machine translation service, called Patent Translate. This is available via the EPO’s...
Since the revised European Patent Convention EPC 2000 entered into force on December 13, 2007 it has been possible for a party that is adversely...
Our engineering team is growing, and hence our offering to the market! Today, we are pleased to welcome Michael. Michael comes most recently from...
The Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) will not change their practice after the Medeva judgment (C-322/10) PRV announced today, after...
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU has suggested that keywords used in online advertisement can infringe trademarks in certain...
Managing Intellectual Property's 2012 survey of the IP market It is with pride that we are able to report that Valea has once again been ranked in...
According to Art. 53(c) EPC, European patents are not to be granted in respect of methods for treatment of the human or animal body by therapy, due...
According to recent statistics from the European Patent Office (EPO), 243 000 European Patent Applications were filed to the EPO last year. This is...
Following a ruling of The General Court in November 2011, one can draw the conclusion that it is not necessarily a disadvantage to add an explanato...
WIPO has launched a new PCT feature whereby applicants interested in licensing the inventions contained in their international applications can...
Within the trade mark practice there are two ways in which officials can construe the scope of protection contained in the class headings of the Ni...
Following the, about a year ago, proposal to use the European Union (EU) procedure of enhanced cooperation for setting up a unitary patent...
On August 31, 2011, the EPO announced a revised procedure under Chapter II PCT for issuance of a second written opinion before establishment of the...
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