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NPEs: hiding ownership and gaming the system
The lack of transparency around NPEs marks a serious problem for the European patent system, argues Patrick Oliver of IP2Innovate.
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IP2I Recommendations for Improvements to the Public Availability of Information on Proceedings before the UPC
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