tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6704577149495927446..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Welsh patent applications: the results are in!Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-15603877172853130512009-01-30T15:45:00.000+00:002009-01-30T15:45:00.000+00:00You can file in what ever language you want, it's ...You can file in what ever language you want, it's just that you then have to file a translation into English (or Welsh...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64023416246202944942009-01-30T12:56:00.000+00:002009-01-30T12:56:00.000+00:00Brilliant. Can we change the law again to allow f...Brilliant. Can we change the law again to allow filing in Gaelic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66300195144378754382009-01-29T14:58:00.000+00:002009-01-29T14:58:00.000+00:00In response to the last but one anonymouse, the ph...In response to the last but one anonymouse, the photo is actually of Pod, Tufty's close friend (and sometimes enemy).David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-89344806205604857702009-01-29T10:18:00.000+00:002009-01-29T10:18:00.000+00:00Maybe the first Anonymous' suggestion will fail be...Maybe the first Anonymous' suggestion will fail because Welsh is not an official language of the UK, but only a language that may be used in Wales in certain circumstances mentioned in the Welsh Language Act 1993 (see Part III of http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1993/ukpga_19930038_en_3). <BR/><BR/>As it is the UK, not Wales, that is an EPC Contracting State, I am afraid that the EPO will not see a legal basis for a language-based refund in case Welsh in used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25452108532343830532009-01-29T09:38:00.000+00:002009-01-29T09:38:00.000+00:00This is a super photo of Tufty. It shows the sheer...This is a super photo of Tufty. It shows the sheer strength of his character and the real meaning of the word 'withering'. Why didn't he suggest that we vote for this photo??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45243741111086602892009-01-29T08:54:00.000+00:002009-01-29T08:54:00.000+00:00Probably about time you checked the fire insurance...Probably about time you checked the fire insurance on Tufty's holiday home in Pembrokeshire...<BR/><BR/>And if you think this is bad, wait until the application is made for Welsh to be an official language of the EU - it's only a matter of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-85300586246101600162009-01-29T07:51:00.000+00:002009-01-29T07:51:00.000+00:00It might still be interesting to see if filing a r...It might still be interesting to see if filing a request for examination or notice of appeal in Welsh at the EPO results in the 20% reduction in the examination or appeal fee according to Rule 6(3) EPC and Art. 14(1) of the EPC Fee Regulations. These are short statements for which standardised texts would be relatively simple to devise (the EPO provides on the reverse side of the Request for Grant Form 1001 suggested texts for the Request for Examination in exotic official languages of EPC states ranging from Bulgarian to Irish-Gaelic).<BR/><BR/>If this is possible, it would also be interesting to see if it would apply to British applicants in general or only to Welsh applicants (Swiss companies regularly file the request for examination in Italian, since this is an official language in CH and is not an EPO language and so qualifies for the reduction, even if they are located in German or French speaking parts of CH).<BR/><BR/>Currently, the EPO indicates in the brochure "National Law relating to the EPC" that Welsh is not an official language of the UK and so would not qualify for a fee reduction (this is based on information received from the UK Office), however, this Brochure was last published in 2006, which is before the UKPTO started accepting applications in Welsh. It would be difficult to argue that in patent matters at least Welsh does not qualify as an official language in the UK, if the UK office accepts filing and prosecution in this language.<BR/><BR/>In case anyone is thinking of trying this, I suggest paying the full fee first and then asking for the 20% to be reimbursed and see what happens, since if it is decided that the reduction of a fee is not due and only the 80% reduced fee is paid, then retroactively, the party in question would not have paid the fee on time with all the consequences which that might entail.<BR/><BR/>Pob lwc (good luck)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com