News of the Hungarian Patent Office for the year 2009.

 

Agreement between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and the Hungarian Patent Office
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Regional conference on the Coexistence of the Community and National Trade Mark Systems in Europe
will be hosted by the Hungarian Patent Office on 3 November 2009
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European Patent Law Basic Course
will start with the joint organisation of CEIPI and the Hungarian Chamber of Patent Attorneys. The course will begin on 9 October 2009. More detailed information and registration form can be downloaded in PDF file format.

Bilateral meeting between the National Institute of Industrial Property of Portugal and the Hungarian Patent Office
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HUNGARIAN-JAPANESE PATENT COOPERATION
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Opening hours of the Customer Services in summer
From 2 July to 28 August the opening hours will change as follows:
open from 10:00 to 13:00 on Wednesdays.

Opening hours of the Patent Library and the Industrial Property Special Library in summer
The opening hours on Wednesdays will change from 2 July to 24 July 2009 as follows:
open from 10:00 to 13:00 on Wednesdays.
From 27 July to 28 August 2009 the Patent Library and the Industrial Property Special Library will be closed.

Civil Servants Day - 1 July
We would like to inform our kind Customers that the Customer Services and the Patent Library will be on duty between 9:00 and 13:00 on 1 July, the Industrial Property Special Library will be closed.

International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Prague
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19 May

Accession to the London Agreement
On 20 April 2009, the Hungarian Parliament enacted Act XXIII of 2009 on the accession to the Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents.
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18 May

Supervision over the HPO has changed
According to Article 1 of Decree 2/2009. (IV. 13.) ME of the Prime Minister on the amendment of Decree 8/2006. (XII. 23.) ME of the Prime Minister on the designation of ministers supervising government offices, the Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement exercises the rights of supervision over the Hungarian Patent Office. The decree entered into force on 16 April 2009.
24 April

The Hungarian Patent Office's Annual Report 2008 was published.
The publication in English and Hungarian can be downloaded in PDF format
23 April

Homepage activities of the Hungarian Patent Office (HPO) in 2008
The publication in English can be downloaded in PDF format
26 January 2009