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A Venetian surprise: Does the UPCA transitional period really require an opt-out to access national courts?
Article originally published on The IPKat The transitional period of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) is widely understood to offer a safe harbor of choice. For a period…
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December
2025
Beyond black and white: the EPO’s new rules for colour drawings
Article originally published on The IPKat Following some unwelcome news from the Unified Patent Court (UPC) regarding recent fee increases, the European Patent Office (EPO) has…
30
January
2024
Prevention is better than cure: Freedom To Operate
Placing a product on the market in a given territory always entails some level of risk of infringement of one or more patents owned by a third party. To reduce this risk, it is…
20
April
2022
Prior art and freedom to operate searches: why are they so important?
Nowadays, intellectual property rights are key corporate assets. Yet, being intangible rights, their value is often wrongly underestimated by entrepreneurs.
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March
2022
Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
The Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force in less than one year, namely by the end 2022, beginning 2023, bringing about also the application of the…
19
April
2021
Jacobacci & Partners, an Italian company looking towards Europe
The work of Jacobacci & Partners, one of the world leaders in the management of intellectual property of Italian and international companies of small, medium and large size, has a…
17
February
2021
IP Portfolio Management: An International Case by Jacobacci & Partners
The challenges of IP portfolio management can vary from business to business. The assets in an IP portfolio and how they work together are unique to the activities and goals of a…
16
December
2020
Registered Community Design: Why it's important and how to do it
What is a Registered Community Design? A Registered Community Design (RCD) refers to the exclusive industrial design right of an intellectual property owner to use a visual design…
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