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European Round Table on Patent Practice

The European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB) is described as "a pan-European group consisting of lawyers (including European Patent Office (EPO) staff, and Commission, national patent offices) in the patent field",Susana Borrás, The governance of the European patent system: effective and legitimate?, Economy and Society, Volume 35, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 594-610(17), {{ISSN|0308-5147}} (Publisher: Routledge). or a body where the national patent offices of the Contracting States of the European Patent Convention (EPC) and the European Patent Office come together to discuss differences in practice and see whether a harmonized approach is possible.[http://www.wmitchell.edu/lawreview/Volume32/Issue4/14PCTTranscript.pdf 2006 Patent Cooperation Treaty Conference: Transcript of Proceedings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829154156/http://www.wmitchell.edu/lawreview/Volume32/Issue4/14PCTTranscript.pdf |date=2006-08-29 }}, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 32:4

Along with the Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO), a committee advising the European Patent Office on patent law issues, and the European Patent Judges' Symposium, EUROTAB is one of the most significant and institutionalised forums of legal professionals created and sponsored by the EPO. Already in the 1990s, "the strong interest and active participation of contracting states in these discussions confirm[ed] the growing importance of EUROTAB as an expert forum on patent practice in Europe".Council of Europe Staff, Council of Europe, P Leuprecht, J Schwietzke, European Yearbook 1994, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1996, page 19, {{ISBN|90-411-0193-4}}

Meetings

  • 1st, 6–7 April 1992, Munich, Germany{{cite web|url=http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/eurotab/agenda.html|title=Agendas and minutes|publisher=European Patent Office|accessdate=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921153941/http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/eurotab/agenda.html|archive-date=2012-09-21|url-status=dead}}
  • 2nd, 22–23 April 1993, Taastrup, Denmark
  • 3rd, 26–27 April 1994, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 4th, 9–10 May 1995, Newport, United Kingdom
  • 5th, 13–14 May 1996, Vienna, AustriaEuropean Patent Office, [http://legis.obi.gr/ESPACEDVD/legal_texts/epc2000/epc2000/documents/ca_pl/_pdf/ep99007.pdf CA/PL 7/99], Revision of the EPC: Articles 52(4) and 54(5), 1999.
  • 6th, 22–23 May 1997, Paris, FranceOfficial Journal of the EPO (OJ EPO), 7/1997, [http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/pubs/oj97/7_97/2_797.pdf Report on the 67th meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (10 to 13 June 1997)], p. 316.
  • 7th, 28–29 May 1998, Lisbon, PortugalEuropean Patent Office web site, [http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/an_rep/1998/html/5_e.htm EPO Annual Report 1998, International affairs]. Consulted on March 21, 2008.
  • 8th, 20–21 May 1999, Munich, Germany
  • 9th, 25–26 May 2000, Lyon, France
  • 10th, 10–11 May 2001, Madrid, Spain{{in lang|es|en}} Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas,

[http://www.oepm.es/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3Dmemoria2001.pdf&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1150475309993 Memoria de Actividades. Report on the Activities]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, pages 44-45 (2.3.1. EUROTAB Meeting in Madrid), 2001.

  • 11th, 16–17 May 2002, Kilkenny, IrelandWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) web site, [https://confluence.wipo.int/confluence/display/ATR/SCIT.ATR.PI.2002.IE Annual Technical Report 2002 on Patent Information Activities submitted by Ireland (SCIT/ATR/PI/2002/IE)]. Consulted on June 6, 2025.
  • 12th, 15–16 May 2003, Berlin, Germany
  • 13th, 13–14 May 2004, Budapest, Hungary[http://www.hpo.hu/letolt/Eves_jelentes_2004.pdf Hungary Patent Office, Annual Report 2004], pages 7 and 46. (pdf)
  • 14th, 12–13 May 2005, Taastrup, DenmarkEuropean Patent Office web site, [http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/annual-reports/2005/developments.html EPO Annual Report 2005, Developments in the European patent system] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704133715/http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/annual-reports/2005/developments.html |date=2008-07-04 }}. Consulted on March 21, 2008.
  • 15th, 11–12 May 2006, Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) web site, [http://www.uil-sipo.si/sipo/office/about-us/announcements/news-repository/clanki/eurotab-2006/ Eurotab 2006], Announcements, June 9, 2006. Consulted on March 21, 2008.
  • 16th, 10–11 May 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 17th, 8–9 May 2008, Ankara, Turkey[http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/pubs/oj008/04_08/04_cal8.pdf Calendar of events], OJ EPO, 4/2008
  • 18th, 7–8 May 2009, Warsaw, Polandepi web site, [http://216.92.57.242/patentepi/english/200/240/2009/index.php Calendar of events - 2009]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Consulted on April 13, 2009.
  • 19th, 20–21 May 2010, Bucharest, Romania
  • 20th, 26–27 May 2011, Munich, Germany{{cite web|url=http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/eurotab/agenda.html|title=Announcements|publisher=European Patent Office|accessdate=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921153941/http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/eurotab/agenda.html|archive-date=2012-09-21|url-status=dead}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110506005313/http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/eurotab.html EUROTAB] (EPO web site)

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