WIPO’s Beijing Treaty Enters into Force: Begins Helping Actors and other Performers
WIPO’s Beijing Treaty Enters into Force: Begins Helping Actors and other Performers...
World Intellectual Property Day 2020: Green Innovation Surge Needed to Address Climate Change, New WIPO Figures Show
Innovation in environmentally friendly technologies as measured by international patent applications barely rose in 2019, according to new WIPO figures released for World Intellectual Property Day 2020, prompting a call from WIPO Director General Francis Gurry for a green tech surge to fight climate change....
WIPO Launches New Search Facility For PATENTSCOPE Database to Support COVID-19 Innovation Efforts
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched a new search functionality for its global patent database, PATENTSCOPE, to facilitate the location and retrieval of information contained in published patent documents that may be useful for innovators developing new technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic....
Registration of the last date of Patent Agent Examination Extended
In the wake of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and nation-wide lockdown situation, the last date of Registration for Patent Agent Exam- 2020 is hereby extended till 04.05.2020 (05:30 PM)...
Generic versions of AstraZeneca’s patented
Natco has been consistently launching generic versions of patented drugs at low prices....
WIPO Launches Online Dashboard to Monitor Operations
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today unveiled a new online dashboard that allows member state representatives and other stakeholders to monitor the Organization’s operations during the Covid-19 pandemic....
India and US sign IP-MoU
India and the US have signed an agreement on Intellectual Property ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit....
Impact of COVID-19 on IP
Practitioners should not assume these Waivers will apply to their matters as the danger of losing one’s IP rights still lurks in the details....
China Becomes Top Filer of International Patents in 2019 Amid Robust Growth for WIPO’s IP Services, Treaties and Finances
China in 2019 surpassed the United States of America (U.S.) as the top source of international patent applications filed with WIPO amid another year of robust growth for the Organization’s international intellectual property (IP) services, treaty-adherence activity and revenue base....