Comments on: UK High Court: Get Your Ducks in a Row for Entitlement of Patent Priority http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2009/11/18/uk-high-court-get-your-ducks-in-a-row-for-entitlement-of-patent-priority/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-high-court-get-your-ducks-in-a-row-for-entitlement-of-patent-priority Freshly Brewed Bio/Pharma Chat. Served Up Daily. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MaxDrei http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2009/11/18/uk-high-court-get-your-ducks-in-a-row-for-entitlement-of-patent-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-69587 MaxDrei Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:44:17 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/?p=2413#comment-69587 Maybe one reason why this case caused so much excitement in the UK is the contrast between the laxity about who can file in Europe ("any person") and the strictness with which Paris specifies who may enjoy the benefit of Convention priority. One is used to the idea that, so long as ownership issues are resolved before grant, so that the patent issues exclusively to the rightful owner, all will be well. Not here though. I should be interested to read comment from US practitioners. Does the strictness of Paris cause any problems in ordinary foreign filing situations? Maybe one reason why this case caused so much excitement in the UK is the contrast between the laxity about who can file in Europe (“any person”) and the strictness with which Paris specifies who may enjoy the benefit of Convention priority. One is used to the idea that, so long as ownership issues are resolved before grant, so that the patent issues exclusively to the rightful owner, all will be well. Not here though.

I should be interested to read comment from US practitioners. Does the strictness of Paris cause any problems in ordinary foreign filing situations?

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]]> By: alvah wickboldt http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2009/11/18/uk-high-court-get-your-ducks-in-a-row-for-entitlement-of-patent-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-69584 alvah wickboldt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:03:10 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/?p=2413#comment-69584 http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2009126806 alvah wickboldt patent http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2009126806 alvah wickboldt patent

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