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  • 2025-07-28
  • Guidelines for Handling Rapid Examination of Trademark Registration Applications
  • I. Applicable Circumstances Article 2 of the Measures for Rapid Examination of Trademark Registration Applications stipulates that trademark registration applications falling under any of the following circumstances may request ra...
  • Guidelines for Handling Rapid Examination of Trademark Registration Applications
  • 2025-07-24
  • USPTO to Resume In-Person PTAB Hearings
  • The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that all Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) hearings will return to in-person format effective September 1, 2025. Under the new policy, all parties...
  • USPTO to Resume In-Person PTAB Hearings
  • 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

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