China Joins Two Key WIPO Treaties
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 ...
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EUIPO released TMview and DesignView to render new AI solution for image search
Searching for images of trademarks and designs over the years has always been a challenge. As part of the EUIPO’s digital transformation programs (in particular, the Digital Evolution Program), the Office has released its first in-house image search tool. It was made available via eSearch plus from November 29, 2021. Released by TIPO ...
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CIPO to become a DAS depositing office for patent applications
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced that it will become a depositing office for patent applications for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Digital Access Service (DAS), effective on February 1, 2022. Applicants can request that their documents be uploaded to DAS at the time of filing. If applicants need to make a DAS request after filing, they can ...
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Provisional application of the UPCA to start in Europe
Austria ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PAP-Protocol) on December 2, 2021, becoming the pivotal 13th European Union (EU) member approving PAP-Protocol. Following the next day of deposit of its ratification instrument by Austria, the Provisional Application Period (PAP) officially came into force on January 19, 2022. The final preparations for the ...
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Joint Statement by USPTO and JPO on efforts to further improve the Patent Prosecution Highway
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) intend to further improve their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs. More specifically, to ensure that the original goals of the PPH are achieved, both Offices set the targets for the extent to which examination is accelerated under the program, i.e. time taken to issue an office ...
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