What is a sequence listing? Patent applications containing biological sequences, anywhere in the application, must be accompanied by a sequence listing to comply with the requirement of sufficiency of disclosure.…
The Canadian Government has approved a number of amendments to the patent system, which will come into force on 3 October 2022 and that will affect the examination of patent…
European patent applications of Spanish origin have set their own historical record. A total of 1,954 applications were filed in 2021, compared to 1,791 in the previous year (8.9% increase)…
Parallel imports are imports of original and legitimate products that have been purchased abroad and subsequently imported into the European Economic Area (EEA) without the trademark holder's authorisation, causing direct…
The new Guidelines for Examination in the EPO entered into force on 1 March 2022. The Guidelines for Examination set out the practice and procedure to be followed in the…
When the patent system was first introduced, the most common inventions were mechanical and electrical devices. The time required to develop a prototype, put it on the market, and its…
On 13 January, the Court of Barcelona issued its judgment on the appeal lodged by Lidl against Vorwerk (proprietor of the Thermomix trademark) related to the marketing of its food…
This year Barcelona once again hosts the world’s most important event in the field of telecommunications: the Mobile World Congress. To face the challenges posed by the current health situation,…
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published the 2022 call for grants from the Ideas powered for business SME Fund. The initiative was launched in 2021 thanks to…
Since the 1970’s the EU member states have aimed towards the creation of a single patent that covers all the member states. Below we will see how the Unitary Patent…
According to the latest data published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in 2020 the Chinese Patent Office was the office that received the most patent applications in the…
Both Japan and South Korea are countries with a long track record in Industrial Property. Not surprisingly, they have significant scientific and technological potential that has enabled them to develop…
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