Table of Contents
Introduction
- Cover 4 | 2023
- Table of Content
- Christmas Card
- Editorial
- 2023 – A year of remarkable changes in the European patent landscape
- Report from the 96th Council Meeting
- epi Artists Exhibition 2024
Patent practice
- UPC Spotlight – opt outs, withdrawing opt outs, and “self-pinning” in the decision between AIM Sport Vision AG v Supponor Oy et al
- Navigating through the Unitary Patent System and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
- The “long arm” of the Unified Patent Cour – on the property-based subsidiaryinternational jurisdiction
- UPC Opt-Outs – A Cautionary Tale
Education
- epi Educational Trainings and Events
- Appeal seminar in Madrid
- Tutors’ report on the EQE 2023 papers and the meeting between tutors and EQE Committees
- Report from annual epi Tutors’ meeting on 12 October 2023
- 2023 epi survey of Paper C Candidates
- Half a century of EPC – 44 years of EQE and opening a new chapter
Committee Reports
- Report of the Professional Conduct Committee
- Report of the epi-Finances Committee
- Report of EPO Finances Committee
- Report of the Litigation Committee
- Report of the Committee on Biotechnological Inventions
- Report of the Online Communication Committee
- Report of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
General Information
- Communication on epi Subsription
- Annual Subscription 2024
- REMINDER: Option to update your annual subscription invoice address via our self-service functionality
- Contact Data of EPO Legal Division
- Next Board and Council Meetings
- Next deadline for epi Information
- Cover Art: Marinella Valle
- Imprint
- Council Members 2023-2026
- Council Members 2020-2023
- Board Members
- Presidium
- Auditors
- Disciplinary Committee
- By-Laws Committe
- Editorial Committee
- epi-Finances Committee
- EPO Finances Committee
- Online Communication Committee
- Harmonisation Committee
- Committee on Biotechnological Invention
- Professional Conduct Committee
- European Patent Practice Committee
- Professional Education Committee
- Litigation Committee
- Electoral Committee
- Nominations Committee
- epi Studentship Admissions Committee
- IP Commercialization Committee
- Committees Election Committee
- Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO)