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Business names: March 2006 Letter to Lord Sainsbury re registered company names proposals in company law reform bill of 2006.
Chatham House survey: August 2005 Response of March 2003 to Chatham House survey on disclosure of genetic origin in patent applications.
Clementi Review: April 2005 Letter to DCA of April 2005 re: Clementi Review.
ComPat: Common Political Approach: March 2004 Federation comment of February 2004 to UKPO on CPA
ComPat: jurisdictional arrangements: February 2004 Federation comment of February 2004 on Commission proposals as to jurisdictional arrangments
Copyright consultation by UK-IPO: Federation response March 08 Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Proposed Changes to Copyright Exceptions
Copyright: collective management across boundaries: July 2005 Response of July 2005 to Commission consultation on cross-border collective management of copyright.
Criminal sanctions directive; draft: October 2005 October 2005 response to Commission proposal for a criminal sanctions directive and framework decision.
Database directive: March 2005 Letter March 2005 to UKPO on ECJ ruling in BRB v William Hill re: database right.
Disclosure of genetic resources in patent applications: September 2004 Federation comment of September 2004 to Commission''s proposal to require compulsory disclosure of genetic origin of invention in PCT applications
EC Commission: future of the internal market consultation: June 2006 Response to the Commission consultation on its strategy for the future of the intenal market of June 2006
EPLA (European Patent Litigation System): December 2004 Federation position on EPLA of May 2003 and December 2004
EPO fee proposals: October 2007 Federation comment to EPO on fee proposals
EPO future workload paper: Federation response of: May 2008 EPO Future Workload Study; document CA 144/07 – Comments by TMPDF: May 2008
EPO strategic debate: November 2004 Federation comment of November 2004 on EPO strategic debate
EPO: dossier on problems up to: March 2006 March 2006 letter to UKPO re EPO document CA/PL-4/06 on JPO proposal for a patent prosecution highway.
EPO: EPC 2000 Rules: September 2006 Comment to EPO, UKPO, UNICE re draft EPC 2000 Rules September 2006
EU Commission Review of copyright and related rights: October 2004 Federation comment of October 2004 to the Commission Review of EC legal framework in the field of copyright and related rights
EU copyright levies: July 2006 Response to DG Internal Market consultation on copyright levies in a converging world of June 2006
EU Design Directive: Spare parts: January 2005 Comment to Commission January 2005 on its Proposal to amend Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs.
EU Design Directive: spare parts: May 2005 Response of May 2005 to UKPO consultation on Commission proposal to amend Directive 98/7/EC on the legal protection of designs.
EU internal market's communication re: management of copyright and related rights: June 2004 Federation comment of June 2004 to the Commission's communication re the management of copyright and related rights
EU Patent litigation Insurance: December 2006 Letter to Commission re patent litigation insurance re report of October 2006
EUPR: response to draft agreement on European Patent Court October 08 Patent litigation in Europe: Federation comment on Presidency document 14970/08 : EU Patent Jurisdiction
European database directive evaluation: March 2006 March 2006 response to DG Internal Market and Services Working Paper; First evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on legal protection of databases
European patent litigation system: March 2008 Patent litigation in Europe: Federation comment on Presidency document 7001/08: EU Patent Jurisdiction – Main features of the court system (first part); Remedies, procedures and other measures (second part).
European patent litigation system: October 2007 Federation position paper on European patent litigation system
European Research Area consultation: September 2007
European Transparency Initiative: March 2008 Response to the Commission''s consultation on the European Transparency Initiative
European Transparency Initiative: September 2006 Response to the Commission conultation on the European Transparency Initiative September 2006
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