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Google Translate to tackle European patents

...Google has partnered with the European Patent Office to provide machine translations of patents into various languages. Benoît... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer

German patent firm takes HTC fight to retailers

...been "legally outmanoeuvred". "Patent #100a is currently in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office and the current indications are that it will be revoked... Read more

7 December, 2011 by David Meyer

UK tech lobbyists call for software patents

...general-purpose use, such as a word-processing application. By comparison, the European Patent Office (EPO) is a little more relaxed, in that it allows... Read more

14 June, 2011 by David Meyer

MEPs give green light to common patent system

...national patents can co-exist alongside a European patent — issued by the European Patent Office, a non-EU body — but the system is complex and... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Nokia and HTC win patent decision against IPCom

...The European Patent Office announced on Wednesday that a patent Germany-based IPCom has... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Don Reisinger
Patent Grabber 5.9.5

Patent Grabber 5.9.5

...Instead of going to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or European Patent Office web site and loading and printing patent or application pages... Read more

27 April, 2012
Mobile-related patents soar

Mobile-related patents soar

...granted both by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office over the last two decades. What it found underscores the... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Charles Cooper

UK patent office introduces online search tool

...implemented inventions are just as patentable in the UK" as in the European Patent Office (EPO), which is perceived by some as being more permissive... Read more

7 October, 2011 by David Meyer
PatentHunter 3.5

PatentHunter 3.5

...manages patents for free from the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) and European Patent Office (EPO) Web sites in PDF and HTML formats. E-mail... Read more

8 September, 2011

Google launches paid web translation for businesses

...automatically translate web pages to the user's language. In March, the European Patent Office announced it would use the service to translate patents into... Read more

25 August, 2011

Government smooths patent application process

...filing patents in Europe. From 1 January, those making applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) will have to supply fewer documents than required in... Read more

31 December, 2010

European Commission moves to free up patent logjam

...research and development and will drive future growth." As things stand, the European Patent Office (EPO) already offers a single procedure for granting patents in... Read more

2 July, 2010 by David Meyer
EPN Forum 1.1.3

EPN Forum 1.1.3

...mobile account anywhere, anytimeThe EPN Forum & this application is provided by the European Patent Office for the members of the National Offices Read more

21 October, 2011

IT patent issues simplified for businesses

...system designed to substantially simplify patent issues for businesses, according to the European Patent Office. The updated Patent Convention has been 10 years in the... Read more

14 December, 2007 by Matthew Broersma

Patent inspectors strike over quality fears

Employees at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich and Berlin held a strike on Tuesday... Read more

10 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

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