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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...
Read MoreINDIAN 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...
Read MoreBundestag 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...
Read MoreReport 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...
Read MoreHighlights 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...
Read MoreNovember 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. ...
Read MoreFICPI 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...
Read MoreChina Trademark Association (CTA) Trademark Festival
FICPI was pleased to participate virtually in the China Trademark Association (CTA) Trademark...
Read MoreNEW 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...
Read MoreCambodia 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...
Read MoreAmazon’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...
Read MoreFICPI 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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