Darren Smyth's time as IPKat guest blogger comes to an end

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July 2, 2012
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Partner Darren Smyth's role as one of the IPKat's guest bloggers has come to a conclusion after six months.

He will continue to post intermittently to the IPKat and more regularly to his Blog on EIP Elements. As his farewell post, Darren summarised selected EPO Boards of Appeal decisions from March to June.


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