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- 2025-01-17
- CIPO is Launching Pilot Project on Registrar-Initiated Non-Use Trademark Expungement Proceeding
- Pursuant to the authority under section 45 of the Trademarks Act (the Act), the Canadian Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) is starting a pilot project whereby the Registrar of Trademarks (the Registrar) will proactively send...

- 2025-01-10
- Hong Kong Updated on Absolute Grounds for Refusal of Trade Marks
- The Trade Marks Registry of IPD HKSDR has made significant updates to the Chapter on the “Absolute Grounds for refusal” in its Trade Marks Registry Work Manual. It has been revised to elaborate the Registry’s examin...

- 2025-01-10
- Update on Official Industrial Property Fees in Vietnam for 2025
- Return to Normal FeesAccording to Notice No. 4090/TB-SHTT, issued on 31 December 2024, by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam, the policy of a 50% reduction in certain Industrial Property (IP) fees will end on 1...

- 2025-01-10
- Revised Patent Term Extension System in Korea: Implications for the Pharmaceutical Industry
- BackgroundUnlike patent systems in other countries, under the previous Korean Patent Act, there was no time limit from the marketing approval date for patent term extensions for pharmaceutical patents, and there were no restrictions on...

- 2025-01-03
- Monthly Updates on Intellectual Property (December, 2024)
- Monthly Updates on Intellectual Property (December, 2024).pdf

- 2025-01-03
- The CNIPA-INPI (Brazil) Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Extended
- Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) jointly decided to extend the PPH pilot program between China and Brazil f...
