Official fees for filing the trademark applications in China have been reduced and entered into force on October 15, 2015.
As of September 28, 2015 Canadian Intellectual Property Office accepts trademark applications with goods and services grouped according to the Nice Classification.
Agreement between the Government of Moldova and the European Patent Organisation on the validation of European patents (Validation Agreement) will come into force as of November 1, 2015.
Member countries of the Visegrad Group, i.e. Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland have signed an agreement to establish the joint patent institute.