Global IP prosecution

Manual IP offers actionable steps for filing applications related to intellectual property rights. Now enhanced by Expert AI, it supports global IP prosecution workflows with faster, smarter research and decision-making. Find and compare IP prosecution information for patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and utility models across jurisdictions.

Patent law

Get access to Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention (2025 Edition), including amendments to implementing regulations, updated EPO guidelines, and recent case law. Recommended by the EPO for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE).

Stay ahead on everything related to the UPC. On Kluwer IP Law you can find the UPC Case Law in the tracker with expert summaries, full case texts and annotations. Or get commentary on the UPC agreement with relevant UPC Case Law per article or rule with the Annotated UPC, in cooperation with Venner Shipley LLP.

Licensing agreements

Explore practical guidance and legal frameworks for structuring effective IP licensing agreements. Avoid common pitfalls and ensure your contracts protect your clients’ rights and commercial interests.

Pharma patent litigations

Access expert insights, case law updates, and practical guidance tailored for pharmaceutical patent professionals — all in one trusted platform designed to support applications, litigation, and strategic counsel for pharma companies.

Key features of Kluwer IP Law

Equip your team with expert resources designed to support complex legal decisions:

• Find & compare global prosecution information
• Quickly compare filing requirements in 240 jurisdictions to streamline international filings.
• License prep & negotiation
• Access proven strategies and expert guidance to craft strong, value-driven agreements.
• Intellectual property and artificial intelligence
• Stay informed on AI-related IP developments to advise clients on emerging legal challenges.
• European patent cases
• Quickly access annotated EPO case law to strengthen legal arguments and stay aligned with appeal board precedents.
• IP valuation & business strategy
• Link IP assets to business outcomes to guide clients on portfolio value, investment, and commercialization.
• Global IP treaties & UPC decisions
• Interpret international rules with expert-annotated UPC decisions and procedural insights for confident cross-border advising.
• Cross-border IP enforcement
• Navigate jurisdictional challenges with tools that clarify enforcement strategies across global markets.
• Annotated PCT
• Easily navigate the Patent Cooperation Treaty with expert annotations that clarify complex filing and procedural requirements across jurisdictions

1. Manual IP

Navigate the labyrinth of intellectual property rights with Expert AI on Kluwer IP Law’s Manual IP.

For nearly a century, Manual IP is the go-to resource to navigate the complexities of intellectual property rights, with global coverage spanning over 240 jurisdictions. Manual IP includes detailed procedures and laws for filing applications for patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and utility models, all provided by local IP specialists.

Expert AI on Kluwer IP Law’s Manual IP combines the depth of expert legal content with the power of expert AI, delivering smarter insights, faster results, and a more intuitive research experience.

 

Unlock the power of legal research enhanced by expert AI

This intelligent AI tool transforms the way you work, helping you stay ahead with precision and confidence.

• Smart: Supercharge your legal research with intelligent, context-aware search.
• Fast: Cut through the clutter, no more endless scrolling or skimming.
• Efficient: Explore follow-up questions and source links to expand your understanding with ease.
• Intuitive: Integrated into Kluwer IP Law so you can work the way you always do but with greater ease.
• Trusted: Built within Wolters Kluwer’s authoritative content for reliability you can trust.

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Global IP prosecution

Manual IP offers actionable steps for filing applications related to intellectual property rights. Find and compare global IP prosecution information for patents, trademarks, industrial designs and utility models.

Patents

The Manual IP provides information on the patent prosecution process, including drafting and filing a patent application, patent examinations, rejections, and the option to accelerate examination through the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) if a corresponding application has been allowed in a participating jurisdiction.

Trademarks

To obtain protection for your trademarks there are many steps to consider, for instance conducting a trademark search to assess availability, submitting a trademark filing to the relevant authority, and responding to office actions or oppositions to obtain trademark protection. Find out which trademark rules are relevant per jurisdiction.

Industrial designs

The process of protecting industrial designs & models through official filings and legal procedures is covered in the Manual IP. Get all the relevant information on novelty search, designs filing, examination and office actions for industrial designs & models.

Utility models

The key process of obtaining protection for utility models includes steps like filing a utility model application, undergoing a formal examination, responding to office actions if required, and securing registration, typically in a faster and less stringent process than patent prosecution. The Manual IP has all the relevant information to file utility models.

 

 

Manual IP at a glance; Your essential guide to global IP prosecution

• Step-by-step guidance: Find and compare filing information for patents, trademarks, industrial designs and utility models.
• User friendly tools: Toggle between IP topics for one or more jurisdictions, quickly find answers and make a one-on-one comparison between the various topics from multiple countries and save favorite searches and topics.
• Best practices: Learn industry best practices, including tips on documentation, enforcement, and compliance. The chapters are created by local IP specialists in the field.
• Legal insights: Gain valuable insights into laws and regulations that govern intellectual property rights in various jurisdictions.
• Case studies: Explore real-world examples that illustrate successful strategies for managing applications and defending intellectual property.

 

Experience the versatility of Manual IP

Whether you are an entrepreneur, a business owner, or an IP specialist, Manual IP equips you with the knowledge needed to navigate the intricacies of intellectual property rights confidently. Explore Kluwer IP Law, the ultimate resource for Intellectual Property rights and registration, to discover a wealth of additional information, tools, and resources tailored specifically for IP specialists.

 

How Manual IP meets Corporate Legal Departments needs

 

 

 

2. European Patents

Access a wealth of resources to draft and file for European Patent Applications.

 

 

Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention 2025

Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention, is a commentary on the European Patent Convention and a bestseller in European patent law. The 2025 edition of this preeminent work – the only regularly updated authoritative article-by-article commentary in English on the European Patent Convention (EPC), its implementing regulations, and associated case law provides the complete text of the law annotated with commentary and expert guidance on the interpretation of each paragraph. Since its first edition in 1994 it has provided the European patent community with the necessary insights to practice successfully before the European Patent Office. The EPO recommends the Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention as the first book in its list of non-EPO/WIPO literature to be used for the preparation of the European qualifying examination.

 

Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2025 Edition

In addition to a thorough updating of developments, new material in the 2025 edition includes the following:

• Amendments to the Implementing Regulations since 01.04.2024, and comments on them.
• Amended EPO Guidelines that enter into force on 01.04.2025.
• Recent decisions of the boards of appeal.

The Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2025 edition is suitable for candidates preparing for the EQE 2026.

A supplementary overview for EQE candidates of the main legal changes between the Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention 2025 edition and 31.10.2025 is available for free - download the document in A4 format or as booklet. Instructions on How to print and staple the booklet are also available.

 

The Visser Team

 

Kaisa Suominen

Editor

European Patent Attorney Kaisa Suominen joined a Finnish private practice firm after her graduation and has since mainly worked in private practice, including five years as managing director. She is currently working at Laine IP.

Peter de Lange

Peter is a European and Dutch patent attorney. Peter graduated in chemistry and in law and completed an internship with the Boards of Appeal during his studies.

Andrew Rudge

After 5 years of working for Pfizer as a medicinal chemist, Andrew joined the patent department and qualified as a European Patent Attorney and Chartered Patent Attorney (UK). His practice is focused on EPO prosecution and opposition work in the pharmaceutical field.

Nina Ferara

Nina Ferara works as an in-house patent attorney at Porsche in Germany. She trained and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in private practice - at a boutique patent law firm in Munich, where she worked on inventions related to software, robotics, and medtech, among others.

Stay on top of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

Annotated UPC Agreement New

The Annotated UPC Agreement takes you step-by-step through the legal provisions of the UPCA and its Rules of Procedure, with expert commentary on the interpretation of these provisions based on the growing body of case law. For further research, comprehensive details of the case law relevant to each provision is also provided.
Edited by Venner Shipley LLP.

 

UPC Case Law Tracker

The comprehensive UPC Case Law Tracker offers headnotes, authoritative summaries, and full texts of patent cases shortly after publication. Leading cases include analytical and expert annotations, providing an in-depth understanding of the legal landscape.

 

Drive efficiency with an indispensable PCT tool for patent professionals

Edited by Malte Köllner and other experts, Annotated PCT is a regularly updated resource offering the following.

• In-Depth Annotations: Extensive commentary on the entire PCT text, including explanations of legal principles and interrelations between provisions, making it easier to understand complex legal language.
• Practical Guidance: Users can quickly retrieve answers to practical legal questions, thanks to a logical structure that follows the articles and rules of the PCT.
• Detailed Commentary: A paragraph-by-paragraph analysis, helping users grasp the nuances of each section effectively.
• Strategic Options: It outlines various options available to applicants at different stages of the patent process, along with important factors to consider when making decisions.
• Extensive index: This helpful resource assists in quickly retrieving relevant answer

 

Kluwer IP Law offers various sources that will help you to get a thorough understanding of the EQE.

• Various resources that help you prepare for the exam, like the A-Book, B-Book, C-Book and D-Book.
• Recent decisions by the board of appeal of the European Patent Office
• Have access to a wide range of study materials for passing the EQE exams
• Various EPO and WIPO

 

3. Licensing

Learn how to commercialise your intellectual property by licensing or transferring rights.

 

Kluwer IP Law offers guidance on every aspect of Intellectual Property Licensing in an international context.

International licensing and technology transfer are ways for businesses to share their innovations, products, or intellectual property across borders while expanding their reach globally. Leverage cutting-edge technology for local market success with the licensing tools on Kluwer IP Law.

• The License Prep and Negotiation tool asks the most frequently asked questions and provides an answer with the steps to take in various situations.
• The International Licensing and Technology Transfer tool gives you the opportunity to compare typical clauses from a licensing contract with country-specific additional commentary.

 

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Kluwer IP Law has expert content and practical tools dedicated to International Intellectual Property Licensing like:

International Trademark Licensing

A chapter-by-chapter comparative overview on the law and application of trademark licensing worldwide.

 

International Licensing Agreements

An excellent guide to the complex world of international licensing agreements grouping together all the essential materials needed when considering cross-border licensing agreements.

 

Drafting License Agreements

Time-saving clauses and provisions, full-length model license agreements, practice-tested approaches to drafting critical license provisions, and a plethora of practical advice.

 

Case Law on Licensing

Read case law on International IP Licensing, which highlights judgments that raise new issues or important changes.

 

 

A single resource that comprehensively addresses issues that arise from local and cross-border licensing

International Licensing and Technology Transfer: Practice and the Law provides an authoritative, single-source commentary on licensing in an international context. The expert content by practitioners for practitioners delivers:

• A Master Agreement to be used as a template;
• Clause-by-Clause, country-by-country, commentary;
• Insights on how clauses will likely be interpreted;
• Step-by-Step explanations on the stages involved in preparing to enter and negotiating a license agreement, including chapters on due diligence and determining royalty rates; and
• Chapters on tax and antitrust issues associated with international license agreements.

Editors: Adam Liberman, Peter Chrocziel and Russell Levine

 

Licensing has grown in complexity, to stay on top of all the current developments, Kluwer IP Law offers a wide range of solutions that will help you with entering in a license agreement and benefit from:

• New revenue streams
• Building strategic relationships
• Gaining freedom to operate
• Avoiding anti-trust or anti-competition risks
• Gaining ancillary know-how
• Creating new marke

 

4. Pharmaceutical IP

A wide variety of prosecution and litigation sources on intellectual property in the pharmaceutical sector

 

Kluwer IP Law is a partner when it comes to the protection of your innovation in the pharma sector worldwide. We support you through rich insights presented via a wide range of sources.

Manual IP - our flagship publication contains 238 jurisdictions covering patents, trademarks, utility models and designs for Pharma specialists. Extract the following information to assist in the prosecution of your IP rights:

Annuities and Fees from several jurisdictions in one overview Kinds of Patents available Duration of protection Second Use

What may be patented Treatment of the human body Requirements for filing application Rights of prior use Infringement Assignment

 

Kluwer IP Law has an impressive collection on new perspectives and innovations in the pharmaceutical sector

Guide to EU Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law

A comprehensive and practical guide to, and analysis of, the current European Union (EU) Pharmaceutical Regulatory Regime. 

Patent Protection for Second Medical Uses

This detailed country-by-country analysis shows how jurisdictions vary significantly in treatment of claims of ‘second medical use’.

TRIPS and Access to Medicines: Pharmaceutical Patents and the Experience of Brazil

Although ideally, a patent system for pharmaceuticals should serve to incentivise research into the development of new medicines, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the equal importance of drug access and affordability. 

Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry under US Antitrust and EU Competition Law

A critical analysis that examines patent settlements between originators and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers under United States antitrust and European Union competition law.

 

Stay up to date on IP case law and other developments from the pharmaceutical sector.

Kluwer IP Law publishes widely on a variety of issues that will assist pharmaceutical patent practitioners:

• Find pharma litigation cases that help protect the most valuable resource for companies worldwide
• Read the latest peer-reviewed articles on pharma written by professionals from the industry
• Pharma blog posts on IP Law by experts covering the latest cases and recent developments