OJ EPO 2015, A48 - MT Malta

Change of name and contact details

The national industrial property office in Malta has changed its name, location, telephone number and website address. Its fax number as well as the e-mail address however remain the same.

The full contact information is now as follows:

Industrial Property Registrations Directorate

Commerce Department

OJ EPO 2015, A49 - Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 5 May 2015 [ 1 ] - Case C-146/13 - EUROPEAN UNION

Keyword: "Action for annulment – Implementing enhanced cooperation – Creation of unitary patent protection – Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 – First paragraph of Article 118 TFEU – Legal basis – Article 291 TFEU – Delegation of powers to bodies outside the European Union – Principles of autonomy and uniform application of EU law"

In Case C-146/13

Action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU, brought on 22 March 2013,

OJ EPO 2015, A50 - Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 5 May 2015 [ 1 ] - Case C-147/13 - EUROPEAN UNION

Keyword: "Action for annulment – Implementing enhanced cooperation – Unitary patent – Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 – Provisions concerning translation – Principle of non-discrimination – Article 291 TFEU – Delegation of powers to bodies outside the European Union – Second paragraph of Article 118 TFEU – Legal basis – Principle of autonomy of EU law"

In Case C-147/13,

Action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU, brought on 22 March 2013,

OJ EPO 2015, A51 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 June 2015 concerning the processing by the EPO as International Searching Authority of informal comments on earlier search results ("PCT Direct")

1. Introduction

OJ EPO 2015, A52 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 8 June 2015 concerning the possibility to waive the right to a further communication under Rule 71(3) EPC

OJ EPO 2015, A53 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 June 2015 concerning abrogation of the transitional procedure for filing automatic debit orders with the EPO as receiving Office to pay fees in PCT proceedings

With effect from 1 July 2015 the transitional procedure set out in Part IV of the notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 February 2015 concerning revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2015) is no longer applicable.

OJ EPO 2015, A54 - List of days in 2015 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed – corrigendum

The German Patent and Trademark Office has informed us that this year, in addition to the list of holidays published in OJ EPO 2015, A9, it will also be closed on the following days:

Monday, 28 December 2015,

Tuesday, 29 December 2015 and

Wednesday, 30 December 2015.

OJ EPO 2015, A55 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 May 2015 concerning representation before the EPO

Under Article 134(1) EPC, representation of natural or legal persons in proceedings established by the EPC may only be undertaken by professional representatives whose names appear on a list maintained for this purpose by the EPO.

OJ EPO 2015, A56 - List of professional representatives before the European Patent Office [ 1 ]

	Contracting state
AT	Austria

OJ EPO 2015, A57 - Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2014, A37, taking into consideration the changed amounts of fees for international applications (OJ EPO 2015, A33).

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2014.