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  • Amendment of patents

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    You can amend a patent, even if the attack on validity is withdrawn In Lars Eric Norling -v- Eez-Away (UK) the Court held that, even though the defendants had withdrawn an attack on validity, once validity...
  • Contaminated Land Regime - an outline as to the direction in which this issue may be heading, based on indications given by the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions 1

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    Contaminated Land Regime - latest news Pamela Castle reviews progress We have been in contact with an official from the Contaminated Land Unit at the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions...
  • Commission Communication on the Second Banking Directive

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    After nearly two years of consultation, the Commission has finalised its Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the Second Banking Directive (89/646/EEC). Its intention is...
  • Attacks on validity and defending patents

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    "Parametritis" - or the obscure claim Raychem Corp's patent In Raychem Corp's patent (see also pages 8 and 9) there was a petition to revoke four patents with a total of 110 claims. 39 were originally...
  • Time to pay closer attention to Stamp Duty

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    Stamp duty has rarely been regarded as a "serious" tax and comparatively little effort has gone into mitigating it. This is likely to change following the introduction in the Budget of the 2% charge for...
  • Competition and trade law: Proposal on state aid

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Commission has tabled a draft Regulation on certain categories of horizontal State aid. Horizontal State aid is aid not directed at a specific company or industrial sector in a particular country or...
  • Insurance: State aid to GAN

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Commission has allowed a State aid injection of ECU 15.7bn (£23bn) in return for the restructuring of the State-owned French insurance group GAN. The Commission has demanded that the French government:...
  • Hedgerows Regulations 1997

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    From the 1st June 1997 hedgerows will enjoy the protection of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997 if long enough, old enough and important enough. The regulations require a 'hedgerow removal notice' to be served...
  • Environment: Landfill sites

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    EU environment ministers are due to discuss the Proposal on the Landfill of Waste Directive at their next meeting. This is the second Proposal on landfill sites proposed since 1991; its predecessor was...
  • Politics and policies: Two agreements with Israel

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    Two agreements have been signed between the EU and Israel on procurement by telecommunications operators and on government procurement. The telecoms procurement agreement is intended to give providers...