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  • 2025-08-22
  • South Korea Intensifies Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods to Protect Public Safety and K-Brands
  • On Wednesday, July 30, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), under Commissioner Kim Wan-ki, announced the "Comprehensive Measures to Combat Counterfeit Goods Distribution" during the 2nd Ministerial ...
  • South Korea Intensifies Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods to Protect Public Safety and K-Brands
  • 2025-08-14
  • Trial Launch of Accelerated Patent Examination for Female Inventors in China's Taiwan Region
  • To encourage innovation and invention by women, relevant patent administrative authorities in the Taiwan region of China have announced the trial implementation of the "Accelerated Examination Program for Female Applicants of I...
  • Trial Launch of Accelerated Patent Examination for Female Inventors in China's Taiwan Region
  • 2025-08-14
  • IPOS Announces Fee Schedule Updates Effective September 2025 and April 2026
  • The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced updates to its fee schedule, the first since May 2022. While the majority of fees remain unchanged, selective adjustments will take effect in two phases: Septemb...
  • IPOS Announces Fee Schedule Updates Effective September 2025 and April 2026
  • 2025-08-08
  • USPTO Eliminates Email Verification for Agency System Access, Mandates Multifactor Authentication
  • The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will discontinue email-based account verification effective November 1, 2025, requiring all customers—including patent and trademark practitioners and agencies—to adopt multifactor ...
  • USPTO Eliminates Email Verification for Agency System Access, Mandates Multifactor Authentication
  • 2025-08-08
  • EPO Opens Representative Associations to Legal Practitioners from October
  • As of 1 October 2025, legal practitioners will be permitted to join associations of representatives within the European Patent Office (EPO), ensuring equal treatment with professional representatives. Professional representatives a...
  • EPO Opens Representative Associations to Legal Practitioners from October
  • 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

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