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  1. UPC Court of Appeal: Fees for an appeal on costs

    This decision concerns a procedural order of the Court of Appeal regarding the appeal fee for an appeal on the order to bear the costs of the proceedings. Pursuant to Rule 360 of the Rules of Procedure, the order of the Court of First Instance against which the appellants have appealed is to be regarded...

  2. EPO case law: Infringement of the right to be heard

    The text on the basis of which the application is granted or the patent is maintained in a decision or an interlocutory decision must be the one submitted or approved by the applicant or patent proprietor within the meaning of Article 113(2) EPC. Even if the applicant or patent proprietor has...

  3. Austrian Patent Office: Significant increase in fees as part of the Budget Framework Act

    The Austrian Parliament has enacted the Budget Framework Act shortly before the end of the year. Part of the Budget Framework Act was also an amendment to the Patent Office Fees Act. As part of this change, the Parliament has now adopted some substantial fee increases.

    The search...

  4. Amendment of the Patent Office Fees Act

    Amendment of the Patent Office Fees Act


    In Austria, an amendment regarding the official fees to be paid at the Patent Office has come into force on...

  5. Decrease of official fees for the application and registration of community trade marks as of May 1, 2009

    The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) will decrease its fees considerably as of May 1, 2009.

    • The basic application fee (1 to 3 classes) will be € 1.050.-- for an application by mail or facsimile, and € 900.-- for an online application. The additional...

  6. Changes in the fee structure of the European Patent Office, valid as of April 1, 2009

    Already in 2008, the fee structure of the European Patent Office was changed. On April 1, 2009, a new fee structure will become effective as concerns European patent applications (European divisional applications included) filed as of April 1 , 2009, and as concerns international applications...

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