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2025-07-11

PCT Guide Updates

WIPO

2025-07-09

USPTO released 2.2 version of its Open Data Portal (ODP), final petition decisions of denial from 2018 and onwards of the Commissioner for Patents are now available. Final petition data prior to 2018 will continue to be added to ODP until the entire dataset is available sometime this year.

USPTO

2025-07-08

The National Center of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus (NCIP) will become a Depositing and Accessing office of the WIPO Digital Access Service

WIPO

2025-07-07

The integration of Italy and Latvia marks a decade of enhanced transparency and accessibility in patent information across Europe.

EPO

Latvia joined the Federated Register service at the end of March 2025, followed by Italy in June. These new integrations provide users with streamlined access to reliable and up-to-date bibliographic and legal status information for European patents validated in Italy and Latvia.

2025-07-04

Handbook for PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination in the Japan Patent Office

JPO

When any ambiguity in terms of interpretation is found in the provisional translation, the Japanese text shall prevail. The link to the provisional translation of the Handbook is provided below.

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2025-05-20

23 applications seeking trademark for Op Sindoor filed across India

Hindustan Times

2025-05-20

Children’s Museums Settle Trademark Suit Over Minimalist Decor

Bloomberg Law

2025-05-20

Comet ML Files Suit Over Alleged Trademark Infringement

MediaPost

2025-05-20

IP and the Wild West Landscape of AI | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IPWatchdog.com

2025-05-20

Maxell Patent Suit Against Coretronic Should Proceed, Judge Says

Bloomberg Law News

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