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  • 2025-04-21
  • EUIPO Issues Urgent Alert on Fraudulent Emails Impersonating Officials
  • The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has issued an urgent warning to users and trademark rights holders regarding a surge in fraudulent emails falsely claiming to originate from its executives. These deceptive...
  • EUIPO Issues Urgent Alert on Fraudulent Emails Impersonating Officials
  • 2025-04-18
  • USPTO Establishes Task Force to Combat Patent Fraud
  • The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has formed a specialized working group to address emerging risks to the integrity of the nation's patent system. Named the Patent Fraud Detection and Mitigation Working Grou...
  • USPTO Establishes Task Force to Combat Patent Fraud
  • 2025-04-18
  • USPTO to Expedite Patent Issuance Starting May 13, 2025
  • Beginning May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will implement faster processing for patent issuance. Previously, the period between an Issue Notification and the official Issue Date averaged about thre...
  • USPTO to Expedite Patent Issuance Starting May 13, 2025
  • 2025-04-18
  • Brazil Enacts New Trade Law with IP Retaliation Clause
  • Brazil formally established a retaliatory framework against unilateral protectionist measures through the enactment of Law No. 15,122, the Trade Reciprocity Act, on April 11, 2025. Adjustments to intellectual property (IP) provisi...
  • Brazil Enacts New Trade Law with IP Retaliation Clause
  • 2025-04-18
  • USPTO Will Suspend Expedited Examination of Design Applications from April 17,2025
  • On April 14, 2025, USPTO announced to suspend expedited examination of design applications effective April 17, 2025, to combat fraud and to reduce pendency and inventory of unexamined design applications.According to USPTO, re...
  • USPTO Will Suspend Expedited Examination of Design Applications from April 17,2025
  • 2025-04-15
  • IP Statistical Bulletin for January-March 2025 from CNIPA
  • I. PatentsFrom January to March 2025, China granted 199,000 invention patents, 408,000 utility model patents, and 161,000 design patents.By the end of March, the total number of valid invention patents in China reached 5.824 millio...
  • IP Statistical Bulletin for January-March 2025 from CNIPA

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