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- 2024-11-01
- Change in the Amounts of the Individual Fee Concerning Madrid International Registration: Viet Nam
- 1. In accordance with Rule 35(2)(d) of the Regulations under the Madrid Protocol, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has established new amounts, in Swiss francs, of the individual fe...

- 2024-11-01
- Easier Fee Payments for Chinese Applicants to the EPO
- Chinese applicants can more easily use the EPO as their International Searching Authority under the PCT. They will be able to pay fees in their local currency from 1 December 2024.The European Patent Office (EPO) and the ...

- 2024-11-01
- The China-New Zealand Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project Will Be Launched on November 1, 2024
- As jointly decided by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ), the China- New Zealand PPH pilot will be launched on November 1, ...

- 2024-10-17
- How to Safeguard Rights and Interests Facing Bad Faith Squatting of Trademark
- In production and business activities, operators often use trademarks in practice but fail to register them in a timely manner due to various reasons. When the "popular" trademarks used by operators are preemptively registered o...

- 2024-10-17
- Caution! The Omission of These Documents Can Have a Significant Impact on Trademark Registration
- During trademark application process, the Trademark Office sometimes issues a notice to the applicant. Some of the documents issued by the Trademark Office are transmitted in electronic form, and some are transmitted in the form of pa...

- 2024-10-17
- Russia Adjusts Patent Maintenance Fees to a Five-Year Payment Cycle and Expands Fee Exemption Scope
- Resolution No. 1278 of the Federal Government of Russia, officially promulgated on September 18, 2024, entered into force on October 5 of the same year, which comprehensively adjusted the official fees for multiple intellectual prope...
