2022
Complete Examination
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Suspension of the Russian Section
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual March 2022
2022
Compulsory Amendment of Description and Drawings
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Accessibility of trademark priority documents and removal of legalisation requirements
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Scope of Antibody Claims
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Test results submitted after the filing date
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Design drawings
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Flexible approach for missed deadlines and other mistakes
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2022
Guidance for protecting NFTs as Trade Marks
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 2022
2021
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual December 2021
2021
Protecting IP rights in connection with COVID-19 Vaccines and treatments
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual May 2021
2021
The Protection of Partial Designs
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual May 2021
2021
Fee reduction – remedies in case of an inaccurate declaration
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual May 2021
2021
Expedited examination of trade marks
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual May 2021
2021
Access to Automated Search, Classification and Examination Tools Developed by IP Offices
Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual May 2021
2020
Resolution Tracking [English]
Executive Committee Meeting – Virtual July 2020
2020
Official Notifications, Deadline Suspension, Extensions of Time and Restoration of Rights During the COVID-19 Crisis [English]
Executive Committee Meeting – Virtual July 2020
2019
3D Printed Tissues and Organs [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Assessing Priority of Design Applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Virtual Designs [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Issuance of IP Office Guidelines [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Online Filing Systems [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Procedure for Challenging Unity of Invention Objections [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2019
Substantive Aspects of Unity of Invention [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Turin 2019
2018
Harmonised approach for the protection of GUIs and Icons [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Patent Eligibility [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Virtual IP firms abiding by professional and ethical rules [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Examination of slogan marks [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Conflicting applications [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
PCT National Phase Requirements [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
BREXIT and Trade Mark Use [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
BREXIT and European Patents with Unitary Effect [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
BREXIT and transition of EU registered rights and applications therefor [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Trademark Letters of Consent [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Trademark Applicants should be given reasonable length of time to respond... [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2018
Late objections for lack of unity of invention [English]
World Congress - Toronto 2018
2017
Protection of Country Names [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Hangzhou 2017
2017
Administrative Measures before Patent Offices for Ensuring High Quality Patents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Hangzhou 2017
2017
TRIPs and Extreme Backlogs in Patent Examination [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Hangzhou 2017
2017
PCT National Phase Entry by Electronic Means [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Hangzhou 2017
2016
TRIPS Compliance [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Zurich 2016
2016
Examination of applications for design protection [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Zurich 2016
2016
Accurate registers in the Madrid System [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Zurich 2016
2016
Avoidance of limitations of use of trade marks and trade dress [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Zurich 2016
2015
Follow on Patents in the Pharmaceutical Area [English]
World Congress - Cape Town 2015
2015
Information Disclosure Requirements from Patent Offices [English]
World Congress - Cape Town 2015
2015
Office Cooperation and User Input [English]
World Congress - Cape Town 2015
2015
Urgent need for legislation for Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for Unitary Patents (UP [English]
World Congress - Cape Town 2015
2015
Patent Figures in Colour [English]
World Congress - Cape Town 2015
2014
Protection of trade secrets in the European Union (EU) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Barcelona 2014
2014
Mailbox Patents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Kyoto 2014
2014
Trade Marks in Black and White [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Barcelona 2014
2014
Sequence Listing [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Kyoto 2014
2014
Protection of Geographical Indications for non-food products in the European Union (EU) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Kyoto 2014
2014
Double Patenting [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Barcelona 2014
2014
Industrial Applicability Requirement in Pharmaceutical Patents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Kyoto 2014
2013
Legal Advice by IP authorities [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2013
Subject Matter Eligible for Patent Protection [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2013
Establishment of a specialised Trade Mark and Design Tribunal according to Article 257 TFEU [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cartagena 2013
2013
Confidentiality in IP advice [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2013
Cooperative Patent Classification [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cartagena 2013
2013
Privilege of Representatives in the Proceedings before the Unified Patent Court [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2013
Paris Convention Article 4C4 [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cartagena 2013
2013
National Phases of PCT applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2013
IP5 Observer Status [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cartagena 2013
2013
Search Tools of Patent Offices [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cartagena 2013
2013
Restoration of Priority Rights [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sorrento 2013
2012
Patent Quality [English]
World Congress - Melbourne 2012
2012
Coordination of Search [English]
World Congress - Melbourne 2012
2012
Representation before Intellectual Property Offices [English]
World Congress - Melbourne 2012
2012
General cooperation and communication between the IP profession and IP authorities to the benefit of [English]
World Congress - Melbourne 2012
2011
Grace Period (2011) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cape Town 2011
2011
Direct Communications from Offices to Rights Holders [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Post-Filing Amendments [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Standard for Re-establishment of Rights [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cape Town 2011
2011
Reinstatement of Rights in Industrial Designs [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Dies Non and Electronic Filing [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Third Party Submissions on Patentability [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Voluntary Filing and Publication of Translations for the European Patent with unitary effect [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2011
Technically Qualified Judges in the First Instance of the Unified Patent Court [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 2011
2010
Consideration of Test Results
Executive Committee Meeting - Munich 2010
2010
Reduced Fee Regimes (Small Entity Fees) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2010
PLT Relief and Reinstatement Measures
Executive Committee Meeting - Munich 2010
2010
Patentability of Second (or Further) Medical Uses
Executive Committee Meeting - Munich 2010
2010
ACTA Negotiations [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2010
PCT Roadmap [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2010
Searches in National/Regional Phases of PCT Applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2010
Deferred Examination [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2010
Pre-Grant Publication [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Buenos Aires 2010
2009
IP advisor/client privilege [English]
World Congress - Washington DC 2009
2009
Consistent Application of IP laws and practices [English]
World Congress - Washington DC 2009
2008
Grace Period for Unregistered Community Designs [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sydney 2008
2008
Support for the WIPO Standing Committee (SCT) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Florence 2008
2008
Inventive Step at the European Patent Office [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Florence 2008
2008
Madrid Trademark System Improvements [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Florence 2008
2008
Grace Period and Declaration for Patents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Sydney 2008
2007
Recognising the Unique Skills of the Patent Attorney Profession [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seville 2007
2007
IP Information Services and Helpdesks provided by Public Authorities [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seville 2007
2007
Prior User Rights and a Novelty Grace Period [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Amsterdam 2007
2007
Divisional Patent Applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seville 2007
2006
Representation by Intellectual Property Attorneys in Appeals [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Santiago 2006
2006
Identity (\"WHOIS\") information [English]
World Congress - Paris 2006
2006
National Intellectual Property Offices [English]
World Congress - Paris 2006
2006
Main Implementation Requirement for the \"London Agreement\" [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Santiago 2006
2006
Fair Use of Trademarks [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Santiago 2006
2006
Quality Patents [English]
World Congress - Paris 2006
2005
Opposition Practice [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Lisbon 2005
2005
Unpublished Prior Art [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seoul 2005
2005
Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceutical Patents for export to Countries with Public Health Problems [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Lisbon 2005
2005
Prior Art Effect Irrespective of Language [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seoul 2005
2005
Progress Towards Harmonization [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seoul 2005
2005
Patent Attorney Services in the Internal Market [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seoul 2005
2004
Proposal on Disclosure Requirements Relating to Genetic Material Resources [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Venice 2004
2004
Trade Mark Opposition proceedings in the European Union [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Venice 2004
2004
Proposal for a Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Singapore 2004
2004
SPLT Harmonization [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Singapore 2004
2004
Harmonization not Centralisation [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Singapore 2004
2004
The Patenting of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in the EU [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Singapore 2004
2004
Community Patent Translations [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Singapore 2004
2003
Development of the International Patent System [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
Strengthening the PCT International Phase [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
Implementation of the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
Qualification of Professional Representatives, and practice across national borders [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
Community Patent - Representation before the Patent Courts [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
ExCo Resolutions A: Consideration of Prior Trade Mark Rights in IP Offices [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2003
ExCo Resolutions B: Revalidation Patents [English]
World Congress - Berlin 2003
2002
Multiple Invention Disclosures and Complex Applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Newport Beach 2002
2002
Grace Period (2002) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Prague 2002
2002
Resolution on Small Entity [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Newport Beach 2002
2002
Disclaimers [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Prague 2002
2002
Exploitation of Patented Inventions [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Prague 2002
2002
Information Disclosure Statements [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Prague 2002
2002
Concerning the Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Prague 2002
2001
Implementation of TRIPs in relation to Pharmaceuticals [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Goodwood Park 2001
2001
Simplification of Guidelines in Patent Grant Procedures [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seville 2001
2001
Harmonisation in Electronic Filing [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Seville 2001
2001
Prior Art Effect of Prior Applications [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Goodwood Park 2001
2001
General Principles of PCT Reform [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Goodwood Park 2001
2001
European Patent Translations [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Goodwood Park 2001
2000
Privilege [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
Uniform procedure for patent enforcement [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
Official Surplus [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
Maintaining the Quality of Patent Office Work [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
Business Methods [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
International Grace Period [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
2000
Scope of software protection [English]
World Congress - Vancouver 2000
1999
EPC translation requirements [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Helsinki 1999
1999
The Profession of Patent Attorney within the Area of the Internal Market [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Helsinki 1999
1999
Observer's Status at the Intergovernmental Conference [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Helsinki 1999
1998
Resolution concerning the Diplomatic Conference 1999 on the Hague Agreement [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Florence 1998
1998
Resolution Concerning Extension of Protection [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Florence 1998
1997
Substantive Harmonization [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
Harmonization [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
Cost Efficiency in the Patent System [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
European Decentralisation [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
PCT Development [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
European Community Directive to Harmonize National Laws on Utility Model Protection [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1997
Improving the value of Patents [English]
World Congress - Copenhagen 1997
1988
Officially recognised list [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1988
Removal of exclusion from patentability [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1988
Trainees' Exchange [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1988
Right of Audience [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1988
Code of Conduct [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1988
Attorney's liability [English]
Executive Committee - Cannes 1988
1987
Harmonisation of Patent Laws (1987) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Hilton Head Island 1987
1986
Protection of Computer Software [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Madeira 1986
1986
Micro-organisms [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne 1986
1986
Harmonisation of Patent Laws [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne 1986
1986
Harmonisation of Patent Laws (1986) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Madeira 1986
1986
Anti-counterfeiting - Which measures are to be proposed [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne 1986
1986
Representation before the Common Appeal Court (COPAC) to be established in connection with the Commu [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Madeira 1986
1986
Resolution to Accelerate the Admission Procedure [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne 1986
1983
Centenary of the Paris Convention of 1883 [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Vienna 1983
1983
Grace Period Bis [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Vienna 1983
1983
Annuity Payment Organisations [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Vienna 1983
1981
Grace Period (1981) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1981
PCT [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1981
EPO Documentation [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1981
EPO National Phase [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1981
Computer Software [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1981
Limited Liability [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Edinburgh 1981
1970
Proposed new Rule 856 EPC [English]
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil November 1980
1970
Necessity to Remain Agent of Record [English]
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil November 1980
1967
Patent Cooperation Treaty (B.I.R.P.I. Plan) [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Cannes 1967
1960
Procedure for granting patents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Bringing different procedures and legislation into line [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Protection of drawings and specimens [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Trade Marks and Specimens [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Protection of Pharmaceutical Products [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Reform of the examination procedure in the United States [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Professional activities of Patent Agents [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Extension of times [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Service Marks [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Obtaining a valid filing date [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1960
Deontology [English]
Executive Committee Meeting - Rome 1960
1959
Résolution 2 du Comité Exécutif, Copenhague, les 11 et 12 septembre 1959 [English]
Executive Committee - Copenhagen 1959
1959
Résolution 1 du Comité Exécutif, Copenhague, les 11 et 12 septembre 1959 [French]
Executive Committee - Copenhagen 1959
1956
Résolution du Comité Exécutif, Bruxelles, le 28 avril 1956 [French]
Executive Committee Meeting - Brussels 1956