Earlier this year, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China and the National Institute for Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru have signed an agreement for cooperation of patent examination. Read more →
On March 17, 2016, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania have signed an agreement on reduction of search fee. Read more →
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has just released the update of examiner guidance on patent subject matter eligibility. This update is in view of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court for Alice Corp., Myriad, and Mayo. Read more →
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has published the final version of the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) patent applications. Read more →
Starting on February 29, 2016, TMview search tool is now providing trademark data from the National Institute for Intellectual Property of Brazil (INPI). Read more →
The EPO president, Benoît Battistelli, and the CPVO president, Martin Ekvad, have signed an Administrative Arrangement in Munich. Read more →
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has always been committed to working closely with other trademark offices worldwide to exchange each other’s best practices. Read more →
The European Patent Office (EPO) is now launching PATSTAT Online, which is a new web-based interface that enables users to search the EPO’s statistical database for patents and to perform statistical analyses. Read more →
At the beginning of 2016, Intellectual Property Office of Australia (IP Australia) has begun trialing a new pre-examination process (PEP), which can lead to earlier finalization of patent applications. Read more →
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