English is a UPC language of proceedings except in France, Germany and Italy The UPC has today (22 May) confirmed the languages for the 1st instance Local and Regional Divisions. As expected, the Regional Division covering Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has adopted English as its language of proceedings. Visit UK site
UPC Case Management System and Opt Out APIs Unavailable from 31 May (9AM CET) - 1 June (9AM CET) Earlier today, the UPC issued a notice (see here) indicating that the UPC Case Management System (CMS) and opt out APIs will be unavailable from 9AM CET on 31 May until 9AM CET on 1 June. Visit UK site
UPC Confirms Reallocation of Central Division Actions to Paris and Munich In a long-awaited decision, the UPC has today (16 May 2023) announced that actions in the Central Division relating to patents in International Patent Classification (IPC) section A (Human Necessities) will be assigned to the Central Division in Paris, while actions in the Central Division relating to patents in IPC section C (Chemistry) will be handled by the Central Division in Munich. Visit UK site
HLK appoints first Business Development Director HLK is delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Evans as Business Development Director. Matthew will be responsible for leading the business development and marketing functions at HLK, which has an unwavering commitment to fostering close and long-standing relationships and has worked with many clients for over 50 years. Visit UK site
HLK China Chief Representative Selected as One of the First Experts in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area International Intellectual Property Talent Port Expert Database Recently, the first batch of experts in the "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area International Intellectual Property Talent Port Expert Database" was released at the 3rd Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Talent Development Conference and Intellectual Property Talent Supply and Demand Matching Series of Activities. Visit UK site
From Open-Source to Secrecy – The Implications for Protecting AI OpenAI, the AI research company behind the chatbot service ChatGPT, made headlines last month when they decided to withhold details of how their latest language model, GPT-4, actually works. Visit UK site
