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- 2025-03-21
- Canada Implements New Trademark Opposition and Expungement Rules, Effective April 2025
- Canada’s intellectual property authority has announced significant amendments to theTrademarks ActandTrademarks Regulations, set to take effect onApril 1, 2025. The revisions aim to enhance the efficiency of opposition and expungeme...

- 2025-03-21
- European Patent Validation in Laos Will Effect from 1 April 2025
- StartingApril 1, 2025, European patent applications and patents can be validated in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). This follows the signing of a validation agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and...

- 2025-03-21
- The Bahamas Enacted Modernized Trademark Legislation
- Effective Date & Legislative ContextThe Bahamas’Trade Marks Act 47 of 2024officially came into force on1 February 2025, following its initial publication in July 2024. This legislative overhaul aligns the nation’s trademar...

- 2025-03-20
- State Council Provisions on Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes Promulgated by Chinese Government
- Premier Li Qiang of the State Council recently signed a State Council Order to promulgate theState Council Provisions on Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes(hereinafter referred to as the "Provisio...

- 2025-03-17
- Patent Authorization Journey of "Method and System for Evaluating Vehicle Re-acceleration Performance": Strategies for Addressing Three Examination Opinions
- In the patent application process, particularly for complex inventions, effectively responding to examination opinions is a critical skill for applicants and agents. This article uses the case study of the invention patent "Method a...

- 2025-03-17
- IP Statistical Bulletin for January-February 2025 from CNIPA
- I. PatentsFrom January to February 2025, China granted 128,000 invention patents, 264,000 utility model patents, and 98,000 design patents.As of the end of February, the number of valid invention patents in China reached 5.780 mill...
