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Effective on March 10, 2022, the amendments to Australian Design Act will provide design applicants with more flexibility when they seek design protection. The main points of the amendments can be concluded as follows:   (1) Extension of the grace period to 12 months. (2) Infringement exemption for prior use. (3) Automatic registration—removing the publication …

New changes to the Australian Designs Act make it easier for designers to protect their IP Read More »

Having the Japan-Taiwan Concordance List of Similar Group Codes completed, the JPO is pleased to publish the Japan-Taiwan Concordance List of Similar Group Codes corresponding to Nice Classification, 11th edition, version 2022 (NCL11-2022) (effective on January 1, 2022). Source: Intellectual Property Office

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) signed a collaboration to generate awareness of intellectual property to national furniture associations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Both organizations are working to foster a positive change in perception of intellectual property among EU SMEs and provide them with information …

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In the context of the EU external action and its Neighborhoods policies, the EUIPO is committed to support the Ukrainian IP system in order to align it with EU standards, practices and tools. Released by TIPO

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new Patent Public Search tool that provides more convenient, remote, and robust full-text searching of all U.S. patents and published patent applications on February 1, 2022. Released by TIPO

By joining the Marrakesh Treaty, over 17 million blind and visually impaired persons in China will now have even greater access to copyrighted works. It will also increase the cross-border movement of Chinese language content in formats accessible to members of this community in other parts of the world. Source: Intellectual Property Office