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View DetailsOn August 13th local time, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officially issued a notice: the USPTO suspended the accelerated examination process for design patent applications on April 17, 2025, and officially issued the final rules on August 14, 2025, completely abolishing the accelerated examinati…… -
View DetailsThe patent invalidation system in Saudi Arabia is mainly regulated by the Gulf Cooperation Council Patent Law and Saudi domestic regulations such as the Patent, Integrated Circuit Layout Design, Plant Variety and Industrial Design Law. Its core characteristics are as follows. 1、 Legal Framework 1: Dual System: GCC Pate…… -
View DetailsThe patent invalidation system in Poland is mainly regulated by the Act on Industrial Property Law (revised in 2022) and the Civil Procedure Law, with core procedures including administrative revocation procedures and court litigation procedures. The following is a detailed analysis: 1. Jurisdiction 1. The Polish Paten…… -
View DetailsLatest news from the official website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: On August 6, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) imposed sanctions on a Chinese filing company and terminated over 52000 applications and registrations related to the company. The company submits documents on…… -
View DetailsLatest news from the official website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: On August 6, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) imposed sanctions on a Chinese filing company and terminated over 52000 applications and registrations related to the company. The company submits documents on……
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View DetailsThe Organisation Africaine de la Propri é t é Intellectuelle (OAPI) is renowned for its unique single trademark registration system - one application can take effect simultaneously in 17 member countries. Under this highly centralized system, the trademark opposition system has become the core mechanism f…… -
View DetailsPreface: The Organisation Africaine de la Propri é t é Intellectuelle (OAPI) adopts a unique single trademark registration system, which means that one application, one examination, and one registration automatically cover all 17 member countries. In this highly centralized system, the trademark oppositio…… -
View DetailsThe patent invalidation system in Singapore is mainly implemented through the Revocation Proceedings, which is based on Section 80 of Singapore's Patents Act. The following is a detailed explanation of the system: 1. Jurisdiction 1. The Registry of Patents of the Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) of Singapore is resp…… -
View Details1、 Track One Prioritized Examination by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (Part 2): 1. Initiation conditions: Payment of additional priority examination fees through the Electronic Application System (EFS) or the Online Electronic Application System (EFS) -
View DetailsOn July 3, 2025, the Korean Intellectual Property Office announced in a press release that the trademark opposition period will be shortened from the original 2 months to 30 days starting from July 22, 2025! The trademark registration process before revision: application → announcement → 2-month opposition period → reg…… -
View Details1、 Japan Patent Office (II) Accelerated Examination (Early Examination) 1. Applicable to applications from small and medium-sized enterprises, individuals, universities, and public research institutions - Chinese applicants can provide proof and also use relevant foreign applications - applications submitted to both th…… -
View Details1、 Requirements for PPH application: (1) Relevance between previous and subsequent applications: Same earliest date. (2) At least one claim that OEE considers patentable/patentable in the corresponding application. Positive examination opinion. Conventional PPH corresponding applications have one or more claims that ar……
