IP Practice in Europe

The IP Practice in Europe Committee works to establish and maintain relations with professional societies in Europe whose members are interested in intellectual property law. Committee members study European law and practice and report on issues of interest to the association Board of Directors and membership.

The Committee also provides information on U.S. intellectual property law to any interested party in Europe, if called upon to do so. This Committee coordinates its activities with the International and Foreign Law Committee.

Committee Announcements

	Title	Announcement Description
	Joint Committee meeting Wednesday 25th January 3:45 - 6pm	We have an excellent session scheduled for the Las Vegas meeting at which Lead Administrative Patent Judge of the BPAI Michael Tierney will speak on the proposed rules of new post-grant review processes. These proposed rules will be compared and contrasted with post-grant proceedings in Japan and Europe in discussions led by Kay Konishi and Eric Augarde. The meeting will be held in Florentine Ballroom II on the Promenade level.
	MWI Joint Committee meeting	The Mid-Winter Institute at Las Vegas will include a Joint meeting with the IP Practice in Japan Committee regarding Post Grant Review, Oppositions and Invalidity Trials in the US Europe and Japan respectively. The meeting will be held on Wednesday 25th January from 3:45 - 5:45pm. More details to follow...
	Documents from Wim van der Eijk discussion at Annual Meeting 2011 available for download	At our Committee Meeting Wim van der Eijk, recently appointed as Vice-President of the EPO, discussed several "Hot Topics" at the EPO and further discussed progress toward the unitary patent system and court in Europe. His personal notes from this discussion, including several topics which we did not have time to review, are now available for download.