FICPI's Communications Committee is delighted to announce the August 2024 issue of EXCO News, reporting from the March 2024 ExCo in Goa.This is the second publication of this special newsletter for members since pre-pandemic times, with the first reporting on the London ExCo held in October 2023.
The Executive Committee (ExCo) met in Goa on 15-20 March 2024 and passed several important resolutions on:
- Procedural Rules for Ex-Officio Objections in Contentious Proceedings
- Standard Requirements and Handling of Full-text Patent Applications
- The Registration of the Unitary SPC for Medicinal Products must be under the Control of the UPC
- Third Party Observations on Patent Applications and Patents under Opposition
- Replacement of Single Gender References in IP Laws, Rules and Guidelines
Workshops were held on:
- Fully loaded operating costs
- Best law and practices about provisional patent applications
- Business Intelligence in IP firms: how to take decisions based on data
- Questions on SPLH
- Classification divergence in international TM applications
- AI and patenting pharmaceuticals.
There were no Position Papers adopted by the ExCo in Goa.
The new, reimagined FICPI EXCO News contains articles on all these topics and more. We hope you will enjoy this insight into the work of FICPI’s ExCo.
Our thanks to all who contributed to this issue!
- Dr Niti Dewan is a member of FICPI’s webinar committee and Head of Patents and Business Development at R.K. Dewan & Co, India
- Louis Lagler is Vice President of FICPI’s Practice Management Committee, and Partner at Rentsch Partner in Switzerland
- Laura Mannering is a member of FICPI's CET 3 Study & Work Group on International Patent Matters and an European Patent Attorney at Bryn Aarflot AS in Norway
- Martín Bensadón is a member of FICPI’s Practice Management Committee, a member of FICPI’s CET 3 & Partner at Marval O'Farrell & Mairal in Argentina
- Philip Mendes da Costa is a member of FICPI’s Practice Management Committee, of FICPI’s CET 3 Group on International Patent Matters & Partner at Bereskin & Parr in Canada
- Michael Caine is Vice President of the FICPI Bureau and Principal of Davies Collison Cave in Australia
- Rowan Joseph is Chair of FICPI’s Study & Work Group on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (known as CET 5) and Partner at Von Seidels in South Africa
- Deepa Tiku is Reporter for the CET 5 group and Partner at K&S Partners in India
- Katsumori Iseki is Chair of FICPI’s Study & Work Group on International Patent Matters (known as CET 3) and Head of CP Japan IP Attorneys
- MaryAnne Armstrong is Reporter for FICPI’s Study & Work Group on International Patent Matters (known as CET 3) and Partner at Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP in the US
- Christian Wende is Chair of FICPI’s Study & Work Group on European Patents (known as CET 4) and Partner at DTS Patent- und Rechtsanwälte in Germany
- Mauro Eccetto is Chair of FICPI’s Study & Work Group on IP Enforcement and Alternate Dispute Resolution (known as CET 7) and Partner at Studio Torta in Italy
- Anne Lévy, President of FICPI’s Practice Management Committee and Partner at Brandon IP in France
- Julian Crump, President of FICPI 2018-2022, and Partner at Abel+Imray, UK
- Robert Watson, President, Study & Work Commission (CET), and Partner at Mewburn Ellis, UK
- Elia Sugrañes, FICPI Secretary General and Managing Director, Principal partner at Sugrañes in Spain
- Swarup Kumar, FICPI Deputy Secretary General and Managing Partner at Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA)
Special thanks to Richa Pandey, CET Executive, Assistant Reporter General and Partner at Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP, and to our Editor, Catherine Dhanjal.
This issue is available to FICPI members only, via download or read online here
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