On January 28, 2016, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has announced to amend Article 86 of the Enforcement Rules of the Taiwan Patent Act. The amended Article 86 will extend the delay period of patent publication from 3 months to 6 months. Read more →
Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has recently published a statistics report of patent application and patent grant of 2015. Read more →
On November 17, 2015, the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO), and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) held the 15th Commissioners Meeting. Read more →
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) of Thailand agreed to start exchanging patent information/data, including patent publications, held by both offices from January 2016. The JPO and the DIP of Thailand also agreed to extend the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program and continue the PPH pilot program in 2016 and beyond. Read more →
According to a Memorandum of Understanding between the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) and Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), the SIPO and HIPO will start a three-year Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program from March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2019. Read more →
Under the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) system of Article 92(2) of Korean Patent Act, the term of a patent may be extended to compensate for an unreasonable delay by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) during the prosecution of a patent application. Read more →
German patent and trade mark applications reached new record highs last year. In 2015, 66,889 patent applications (+1.4%) were filed. Read more →
In 2011, the appeals filed to the Federal Circuit regarding intellectual property law was 45%, administrative law was 40%, and money suits against the United States was 14%. Among the appeals filed for intellectual property law, 33% was filed from the District Courts and 9% was filed from the Patent Trademark Office (PTO). Read more →
According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), innovation is growing in breakthrough technologies, 3D printing, nanotechnology, and robotics. Read more →
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