Category: IP News

China Trademark Association (CTA) Trademark Festiv...

Posted by Lena Shen | Dec 9, 2020 | IP News | 0

New TM Act in Myanmar enforced on 1st October 2020

by Jaya Bhatnagar | Dec 24, 2020 | IP News | 0

Myanmar: new TM law mandates refiling of existing TM and filing of unregistered TM already in use...

INDIAN PATENT (Amendment) Rules 2020

by Jaya Bhatnagar | Dec 24, 2020 | IP News | 0

Indian Patents (Amendment) Rules 2020 notified on 4th November 2020, focusing on Form 27 and...

Bundestag adopted UPC Agreement 2017 in November 2020 but challenges continue

by Uwe Borchert | Dec 24, 2020 | IP News | 0

Interesting news for all IP practitioners The Bundestag has adopted the UPC Agreement 2017. This...

Report on WIPO SCP 32nd Session, 7 to 10 December 2020

by Kim Finnilä | Dec 21, 2020 | IP News | 0

The 32nd Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents SCP/32 was held on...

Highlights of the December 2020 EUIPO-FICPI Bilateral Meeting

by Robert Watson | Dec 21, 2020 | IP News | 0

Robert Watson reports on FICPI’s December 2020 meeting with the EUIPO On Thursday, 10 December...

November 2020 SCT/43 meeting – progress still to be made in many subject areas

by Toni Polson Ashton | Dec 16, 2020 | IP News | 0

In the normal course of events, this Standing Committee meets twice a year in person in Geneva. ...

FICPI Report on PCT Working Group 13th session on October 5th-8th, 2020

by Vladimir Rybakov | Dec 9, 2020 | IP News | 0

The 13th session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group was unusual in terms of...

China Trademark Association (CTA) Trademark Festival

by Lena Shen | Dec 9, 2020 | IP News | 0

FICPI was pleased to participate virtually in the China Trademark Association (CTA) Trademark...

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...

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