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13 May 2021PatentsAlex Baldwin

EPO streamlining gives patentees ‘welcome boost’

The European Patent Office’s (EPO) streamlining initiative has “significantly accelerated” the timeline for engineering, electronics and software oppositions, according to a new Mewburn Ellis report.

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