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Designs practice update: Advocate General backs 6-month priority period for EU designs based on prior PCT application

16/08/2023

Can a Community Design application claim priority from an earlier patent application – and if so, what is the applicable priority period?The recent opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann has stated that:An application...

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Sarah Wright
Partner
London
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Alicja Zalewska-Orabona
Partner
Warsaw
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Claire Dorse
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London