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  • 2026-04-03
  • European Patent Office Launches Advanced European-Built OCR AI Solution
  • On 11 March 2026, the European Patent Office (EPO) officially announced a deep strategic partnership with a leading European artificial intelligence enterprise, and launched a state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OC...
  • European Patent Office Launches Advanced European-Built OCR AI Solution
  • 2026-04-01
  • USPTO New Patent Rules: Foreign Applicants Must Be Represented by Patent Practitioners
  • Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has officially released the revised 2026 Patent Practice Rules, which will take effect on July 20, 2026, further improving the patent application process and pro...
  • USPTO New Patent Rules: Foreign Applicants Must Be Represented by Patent Practitioners
  • 2026-03-30
  • China Enacts New Trade Secret Protection Regulations
  • The State Administration for Market Regulation of the People's Republic of China has issued the Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets, which shall take formal effect on June 1, 2026. The old provisions issued in 19...
  • China Enacts New Trade Secret Protection Regulations
  • 2026-03-27
  • Argentina INPI Abolishes Restrictions on Drug Patent Examination
  • The National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina (INPI), jointly with the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Health, has adopted a resolution to formally abolish the regulations implemented since 2012. Previous...
  • Argentina INPI Abolishes Restrictions on Drug Patent Examination
  • 2026-03-25
  • IMPI Issues New Regulations: Optimizing the Administration of Substantive Examination for Patents
  • The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) published an announcement in the Official Gazette on March 11, revising the examination rules for utility models and patents. The revision is intended to improve the supervisi...
  • IMPI Issues New Regulations: Optimizing the Administration of Substantive Examination for Patents
  • 2026-03-23
  • IPOPHL Revises Copyright Registration Rules：Building a New Copyright Service System
  • Recently, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) officially issued the Revised Rules and Regulations on Copyright Registration and Copyright-Related Services (MC2026-007). The revision builds a co...
  • IPOPHL Revises Copyright Registration Rules：Building a New Copyright Service System

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