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- 2024-12-13
- Changes to the OAPI System Governing Patents and Utility Models
- Authorities in OAPI have announced changes to OAPI legislation, the Bangui Agreement, relating to Patents and Utility Models (Annexes I and II). These changes will come into effect on 1 January 2025.OAPI is the regio...
- 2024-12-13
- Brazil Announces Phase V of PPH Program, Taking effect from January 1st, 2025
- On December 10, 2024, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) released Ordinance No. 48 in Official Bulletin No. 2,814, which will take effect from January 1st, 2025. This ordinance introduces Phase V of the Pat...
- 2024-12-13
- EPO Reveals the Surge in Inventions for Electricity Grids
- A new study published by the European Patent Office (EPO) and International Energy Agency (IEA) charts the rapid growth of power grid technologies essential for decarbonization and energy transition.The study –Patents for en...
- 2024-12-03
- Monthly Updates on Intellectual Property (November)
- Monthly Updates on Intellectual Property (November).pdf
- 2024-11-29
- US Patent Fee Changes to Take Effect on January 19
- USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) announced updated patents fees in afinalrule, effective January 19, 2025. These fee adjustments aim to effectively and efficiently administer the U.S. patent system and continu...
- 2024-11-29
- Advertising Slogans Will Now be Accepted by the Brazilian Trademark Office
- The Brazilian Industrial Property Law (Law No. 9.279/96 — “BIPL”) prohibits the registration of “sign or expression used only as a means of advertising”, according to item VII of section 124. The interpretation given by ...