The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has recently announced the modification of its patent, design and trademark laws, which entered into force on June 9, 2018. However, the corresponding examination guidelines have not yet been amended.
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Since May 29, 2018, the Bahrain Industrial Property Office (BIPO) has been carrying out substantive examination of patent applications in Bahrain.
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In May 2018, the IP search and classification tools, developed by the European Trademark and Design Network, gained new members.
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The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) initiative unites more national IP offices with the two newly signed agreements between the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) as well as between the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO).
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The Chinese government has decided to change certain patent fees with effect from August 1, 2018, in order to facilitate the intellectual property registration process for the applicants.
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