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New data protection rules enter into force on 1 January 2022

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2022/20220101.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Data protection at the EPO now in line with the highest international standards and best practices and with EU legislation.
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AI cannot be named as inventor on patent applications

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211221.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Ruling by Legal Board of Appeal confirms that the EPC requires inventors to be human
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EPO consults users on grace periods for patents

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211220.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO is launching a survey of EPO applicants and a consultation of user and stakeholder associations to assess the impact of the strict novelty requirement for patentability under the EPC.
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Bilateral meeting of EPO and CNIPA heads

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211217a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The heads of office convened to discuss recent developments and plan future co-operation.
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Save the date for EPO Tech Day 2022: Technologies of Transformation, 16 February

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211217.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. This EPO conference will be open to the public for the first time, providing unique insights into sustainable technologies as well as healthcare innovation ecosystems.
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Protecting EPO systems in the wake of Java software flaw

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211215.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO is closely monitoring its systems after a critical vulnerability in the commonly used Java software “Log4j” emerged at the end of last week.
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Plan to relocate Boards of Appeal presented to EPO member states

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211214.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Proposal to move the Boards to EPO premises in central Munich
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EPO, JPO, USPTO discuss co-operation in the digital environment

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211207a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The Trilateral Offices held their 39th annual meeting virtually today.
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EPO President meets the Commissioner of the Korean Patent Office

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211207.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The online meeting provided the occasion for the launch of the first EPO-KIPO joint study, on computer- implemented inventions.
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Austria finalises parliamentary ratification procedure concerning the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211203a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Austrian Parliament successfully completed the ratification of the PPA