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Common summary of user proposals for patent harmonisation

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Published: 9 May 2022

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Summary

This document summarises patent harmonisation proposals from three user groups (AIPPI, FICPI & IT3). We are seeking your views to support ongoing international discussions.

This consultation ran from
10am on 9 May 2022 to 5pm on 27 May 2022

Consultation description

The UK is a member of an informal forum of 45 countries discussing substantive patent law harmonisation called ‘Group B+’. All 38 parties of the European Patent Convention (EPC) participate in Group B+. EPC parties have agreed to undertake a co-ordinated European consultation seeking views on proposals from user groups.

We are seeking views on these user group proposals to harmonise patent rules on grace period, prior user rights and conflicting applications. Your views will help further discussion on these topics within ‘Group B+.

The common document linked below provides a summary of proposals on substantive patent law harmonisation from:

1. AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
2. FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys)
3. IT3 (Industry Trilateral) consisting of:

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

• Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

• BusinessEurope

• Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)

Annexes

If you require more information, the full proposals can be found at:

• IT3 Elements Paper (2020) (PDF, 608 KB)
• FICPI Position Paper (2018)
• AIPPI Resolutions on: Grace period (2013), Prior user rights (2014) and Conflicting applications (2018)

Documents

User proposals for substantive patent law harmonisation Industry Trilateral / FICPI / AIPPI 2022

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Published 9 May 2022