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The Belarus Law “On the introduction of changes and additions to the Law “On Patents for Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs” that was approved in December 2017, will come into ...

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The United Kingdom ratified UPC Agreement on April 26, 2018. This reflects willingness of the UK government to be a part of the EU regulatory activity in science and technology, despite Brexit.

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The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) amended the trademark and design examination guidelines, which came into force on January 1, 2018. The main changes are listed below

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The Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program (PPH) between the national and regional patent offices is getting more widespread. Recently, two new bilateral PPH programs have been launched. One between the ...

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It has been announced that the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) joined the online tool TMclass on April 9, 2018, and thus became the 67th participating office

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Kuwait has become a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on September 9, 2016. However, at the time, the Kuwaiti Patent Office didn’t accept international applications that wished to ...

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