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  • 2025-07-24
  • UK Launches Consultation to Reform Standard Essential Patent Framework
  • The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has initiated a public consultation on reforming the Standard Essential Patent (SEP) framework, aiming to eliminate innovation barriers in critical technologies including 5G communic...
  • UK Launches Consultation to Reform Standard Essential Patent Framework
  • 2025-07-18
  • Change of the Individual Fee under Madrid Protocol Concerning Republic of Korea
  • The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has established new amounts of the individual fee payable with respect to Republic of Korea under Madrid Protocol. As from August 10, 2025, the amo...
  • Change of the Individual Fee under Madrid Protocol Concerning Republic of Korea
  • 2025-07-16
  • Vietnam Updates Design Registration Procedures Under Hague System
  • The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announces significant updates regarding the designation of Viet Nam in international industrial design applications under the Hague System.Changes in Declarations1. Withdra...
  • Vietnam Updates Design Registration Procedures Under Hague System
  • 2025-07-09
  • Bahamas and Brazil Join Budapest Treaty in Succession, Expanding Global Microbial Patent System
  • According to the latest notification from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the Internation...
  • Bahamas and Brazil Join Budapest Treaty in Succession, Expanding Global Microbial Patent System
  • 2025-07-08
  • Notice Regarding Hague System Designation of South Korea: Individual Designation Fee Reduction Effective August 1st
  • Please be advised that new individual designation fees for international design applications designating South Korea through the Hague System have been announced. The revised fee schedule will take effect starting August 1, 2025. Th...
  • Notice Regarding Hague System Designation of South Korea: Individual Designation Fee Reduction Effective August 1st
  • 2025-07-08
  • USPTO Sanctions Foreign Firm for Signature Fraud in Landmark Trademark Case
  • The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has taken decisive action to uphold the integrity of the U.S. intellectual property system, issuing a precedential Final Order for Sanctions against Stelcore Management Service...
  • USPTO Sanctions Foreign Firm for Signature Fraud in Landmark Trademark Case

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