MACEDONIA ACCEDES TO THE EPC
The European Patent Convention (EPC) enters into force for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK) on January 1, 2009.
The European Patent Organisation will thus comprise the following 35 member states as from January 1, 2009: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Further information may be obtained here:
www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/InformationEPO/archiveinfo/20081112.html