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- 2024-08-15
- Uruguay Approved Accession to Treaty That Establishes the Process of Patenting and Depositing Microorganisms
- At the request of the Executive, Parliament approved the country's accession to the Budapest Treaty, which addresses the protection of inventions in biotechnology and consolidates the regulatory conditions that favor the creation o...

- 2024-08-15
- EUIPO: Legislative Measures Related to Intellectual Property Infringements
- Recently, EUIPO has published a study analyzing the legislation applied in each EU Member State to combat intellectual property crimes. Although there are several international minimum standards, national laws governing criminal ...

- 2024-08-15
- Announcement of CNIPA on Adjusting Patent Fee Standards and Remission Policies
- Pursuant to the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission on Adjusting and Optimizing the Patent Fee Policy (CaiShui [2024] No. 23) and the Notice of the National Development and...

- 2024-08-08
- Brazil Stops Accepting New PPH Application in 2024
- Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property informs that the limit of 800 participation applications per annual cycle has been reached within the scope of phase IV of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project. ...

- 2024-08-08
- South Korea Revised the Law to Strengthen the Punishment and Supervision of Intellectual Property Infringement, Taking Effect on August 21
- The revised versions of South Korea’s Patent Act and Act on Prevention of Unfair Competition and Protection of Trade Secrets were enacted on February 20, 2024, and will become effective starting from August 21, 2024. The key...

- 2024-08-08
- CNIPA and Italy’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Sign MoU on Geographical Indications
- On the afternoon of July 28, under the witness of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the Memorandum of Understanding Between the National Intellectual Property Administration...
