Events archive for February 2014

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• A look at the WIPO coronavirus tools

  June 2020

  On the 23rd April, WIPO announced it was launching a specific search platform to aid researchers in searching for inventions that could be helpful in the current Covid-19 pandemic.The search platform is part of WIPO’s established ‘PATENTSCOPE’ online search database that allows users to look for published worldwide (PCT) applications.

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• The IoT & Industry 4.0 Online Conference & Exhibition

  June 2020

  The IoT & Industry 4.0 Online Conference & Exhibition will be held on 16th June with HGF Partner Jason Lessard presenting.

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• Coronavirus update - HGF offices

  June 2020

  This page provides information on any HGF office closures that may happen as a result of Corona virus safety measures in Europe and the UK.

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• Compulsory licences: the key to accessing inventions in the face of coronavirus?

  May 2020

  The current coronavirus pandemic provides a unique opportunity for the life sciences sector to invent, and to do so on an international scale. The race is on to develop a vaccine, effective therapies, and accurate tests for the virus required by every country in the world, but such innovations typically take years to discover and refine. The only way to move quicker in such research is to collaborate and cooperate to provide resources and expertise as needed, but this provides significant challenges for intellectual property (IP).

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• CIPA Journal: The UK says goodbye, Germany decides, the UPC says… ?

  May 2020

  As widely reported, CIPA was informed on 27 February that the government will no longer seek to participate in the Unitary Patent (‘UP’) or Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) system. Despite the UK government having ratified the UPC Agreement back in April 2018 for many such a decision to pull back is not entirely unexpected given the inevitable jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) over states participating in the new system.

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