London Agreement in Iceland

When will the London Agreement take effect in Iceland?When Iceland became a member of European Patent Community (EPC) in May 2004, the Icelandic Patent Act No. 17/1991 had already been amended accordingly with the effect that the subject matter of the London Agreement...

Annual report 2010

In 2010 Icelandic business started to get back on its feet. After the economic crisis of 2008 there was no escaping reduction in all business sectors, and IP was no exception. This reduction was evident in 2009 but in 2010 there were clear indications that development...

EPO launches machine translation service

The European Patent Office (EPO) has launched a new machine translation service, called Patent Translate, on its website. The service uses Google‘s Translate techonogy and enables translation to and from English for French, German, Portugese and Swedish, covering...

Welcome to Patice

Patice is a full service IP law firm and one of the leading firms in its field in Iceland. Our team of highly qualified professionals has extensive experience in all subject areas relating to the protection of intellectual property rights. We represent a wide range of...