Category: IP News

NEW GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION BIOTECH IN BRAZIL ARE PENDING

by Gabriel di Blasi | Oct 1, 2020 | IP News | 0

New Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications within the Biotechnology field are to be...

Cambodia accedes to Berne Convention

by Thea Pheng | Jul 28, 2020 | IP News | 0

The scope of works protected in Cambodia under copyright law is set to extend pursuant to...

Amazon’s experimental “Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation Program”: the good, the bad and the ugly

by Louis-Pierre Gravelle | Jun 30, 2020 | IP News | 1

Authors: Louis-Pierre Gravelle & Jules Gaudin[1] The past few weeks have been interesting, to...

FICPI welcomes move to make EPO oral proceedings in opposition via video until September 2020

by Robert Watson | Jun 8, 2020 | IP News | 0

Robert Watson reports on the lobbying of EPO by FICPI, which may have contributed to the EPO...

How to respond to significant changes to the Taiwan Patent Act

by George Huang | May 28, 2020 | IP News | 0

With the growing high-tech industry, Taiwan is rising to become a global technology and innovation...

Changes at the German Patent and Trademark Office

by Alexander Wyrwoll | Apr 20, 2020 | IP News | 0

The German Patent and Trademark Office has announced that deadlines in all ongoing IPR proceedings...

Beware: EUIPO decisions scam

by Elia Sugrañes | Apr 8, 2020 | FICPI News, IP News | 0

FICPI keeps a position in the Anti-Scam Network which comprises representatives from National IP...

Remote working with the EPO

by Antonio Pizzoli | Apr 3, 2020 | IP News | 0

In view of the Covid-19 coronavirus emergency, the EPO has made some changes to its procedures....

WIPO suspends all communication by postal mail

by Julian Crump | Apr 2, 2020 | IP News | 0

FICPI has recieved the following urgent message from WIPO: As noted in WIPO Update on...

Important modifications in the system of resolving patent disputes in Poland

by Marek Łazewski | Mar 31, 2020 | IP News | 0

This year brings broad changes to the whole system of Polish intellectual property law...

FICPI-Italy briefing on the new rules of procedure of the EPO Boards of Appeal

by Paolo Rambelli | Mar 30, 2020 | IP News | 0

FICPI-Italy’s event offers the opportunity to gain the latest information on the important new...

EUIPO meeting demonstrates commitment to IP protection in the digital age

by Joan Salvà | Mar 26, 2020 | IP News | 0

FICPI continues its activity as a private sector stakeholder in the meetings that the Observatory...

Follow us on LinkedIn

Join our LinkedIn group

Contact the Editor

As members of the global community of independent IP attorneys, FICPI members can help each other improve by sharing our insights and experience. If you have a personal opinion or comment on a topical issue of IP law, how we can help our clients build IP value in their businesses, or how we manage our own practices, we would like to hear from you. Please contact our Editor (contact details below).

Catherine Dhanjal

catherine.dhanjal@theanswer.ltd

T: +44 (0)800 998 7990 or +44 (0)7941 669 925

Guidelines for Authors

If you would like to write an article for the FICPI Blog, please review the Guidelines for Authors.