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07:33 schestowitz; ""
07:33 schestowitz; upport at a general assembly meeting in Munich.
07:33 schestowitz; The general assembly, which included staff representatives from EPO offices in Munich,
07:33 schestowitz; Haar, and Brussels, voted in favour of the resolution with 416 supporting it, 4 against, and 31
07:33 schestowitz; abstentions.
07:33 schestowitz; The staff resolution, passed on January 24, also proposed increasing recruitment, especially
07:33 schestowitz; for those who perform core tasks.
07:33 schestowitz; According to staff representatives, production targets and work pressure on staff have
07:33 schestowitz; increased relentlessly in the last decade. At the same time, there has been mounting
07:33 schestowitz; criticism from some in the industry regarding the quality of patents granted.
07:33 schestowitz; The resolution said management should implement bottom-up planning, taking into
07:33 schestowitz; account the input of staff, the true available work capacity, and the time needed for
07:33 schestowitz; peripheral but essential tasks.
07:33 schestowitz; Staff also argued that patent quality is directly related to work pressure. This was
07:33 schestowitz; documented in another paper published by the offices central staff committee (CSC), which
07:33 schestowitz; represents EPO staff in consultative meetings with management.
07:33 schestowitz; The CSCs document, published on January 19, noted that ever-increasing productivity
07:33 schestowitz; targets within the EPO did not create conditions for staff to focus on quality."
07:33 schestowitz; https://www.managingip.com/article/2ctk7w58gs4fyg5qmpk3k/patents/epo-staff-vote-through-resolution-urging-quality-control
07:34 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.managingip.com | EPO staff vote through resolution urging quality control | Managing Intellectual Property
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13:34 schestowitz; http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/board-of-appeal-proposes-substantially.html?showComment=1708014104685#c4769771168134636370
13:34 schestowitz; "However, this Kat is not sure that the dividing line between what is and what is not a device is yet entirely clear."</i><br /><br />The Kat is not alone. Regulatory authorities also struggle with this - see the guidance on so-called "borderline products" e.g. at<br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/guidance/borderline-products-how-to-tell-if-your-product-is-a-medical-device<br /><br />and at <br /><br />https://health.ec.europ
13:34 schestowitz; a.eu/system/files/2022-12/md_borderline_manual_12-2022_en.pdf<br /><br />This can have implications not only for patentability but also for SPC protection, given that borderline products might be classified as a medicinal product (and thus, in principle, SPC eligible) in one country but as a medical device (and thus not SPC eligible) in another country. <br /><br />The CJEU confirmed in Boston Scientific C527/17 that products authori
13:34 schestowitz; sed as medical devices are not eligible for SPC protection even though the authorisation process can include the same or similar evaluation of safety, efficacy etc. of chemical substances incorporated into those devices which would take place under the medicinal products authorisation route.<br /><br />This means that a quirk of the regulatory arrangements for borderline products can cause variation in SPC eligibility for one and the sa
13:34 schestowitz; me product from one country to the next."
13:34 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Board of Appeal proposes a substantially broader definition of "substance or composition" in second medical use claiming (T 1252/20) - The IPKat
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13:43 schestowitz; <li><h5><a href="https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/new-krita-site/">New krita.org website launched</a></h5><blockquote><p>After a lot of work, we moved our website to a new Hugo based platform! A lot of time and energy went into making this new version. There were a number of reasons and issues that we moved the site.</p>
13:43 schestowitz; </blockquote></li>
13:43 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-New krita.org website launched | Krita
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