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Intellectual Property Office welcomes new IP Minister

Viscount Camrose announced as the new IP Minister.

IP firm IPH is latest Australian company to suffer data breach

IPH Ltd, an intellectual property (IP) services provider, on Thursday reported a data breach in a portion of its IT systems, becoming the latest Australian company to be targeted by hackers and sending its shares tumbling 12%.

EPO and European Commission sign agreement on Unitary Patent

EPO President António Campinos and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton have signed a working arrangement on European patents with unitary effect, in accordance with the EU Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (EU Regulation 1257/2012, Article 14).

J A Kemp Welcomes Partner, Andreas Theisen

Andreas Theisen has joined J A Kemp as a partner in the firm’s Biotechnology and Life Sciences Group.