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The five largest intellectual property offices have agreed to move ahead on ten Foundation Projects, to provide a framework to support work-sharing.

The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has appointed Benoît Battistelli as its next chairman.

The long-running row over software patenting has finally been referred to the highest appeals body of the European Patent Office.

“What we need is not more patents, but more good patents” – the battle cry of the new President of the European Patent Office, Alison Brimelow.