According to the president of the German federal association of patent attorneys (Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte), France is currently in the process of depositing the instrument of ratification of the London Agreement. It is expected that this will be done today (29 January). By the IPKat's calculations, in accordance with Article 6 of the Agreement, it will then enter into force on 1 May 2008.
Thanks to Joff Wild's IAM blog for bringing this to the IPKat's attention.
More European GI specifications amended
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Another batch of non-minor amendments to existing protected geographical
indications has been approved and passed into law. As is always the case,
the ...
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The German Ministry of Justice just has confirmed that the French Instrument of Ratification for the London Agreement has reached the premises of the German Foreign Office yesterday, 2008-01-29, in the evening hours.
http://www.ipjur.com/2008/01/its-official-london-agreement-to-enter.php3
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