Hoffmann · Eitle Newsletter September 2007 - The EPC 2000 Autor: Dr. Klemens Stratmann, Dr. Matthias Wolf The latest edition of the European Patent Convention, referred to as the EPC 2000, will enter into force at the latest on December 13, 2007. In an effort to, inter alia, establish improved harmonization of the EPC with different international patent treaties (e.g. TRIPS, PLT and PCT), several amendments have been introduced into the EPC 2000. Some of the most important revisions are summarized in our September 2007 Newsletter. Download available: Click HE_Newsletter_09-2007.pdf (168852 bytes) · back to digest