Upcoming amendments to the Canadian patent system
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…
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)…
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…
The battery sector is experiencing rapid growth and is one of the European economy’s great bets for achieving the longed-for ecological transition. Today, a series of decisive factors are converging…
The demand for nutraceutical products which contribute to human health and well-being only continues to grow. There is an enormous industry behind it which invests to gain maximum profit from…
After a European patent has been granted, third parties may challenge said grant with the aim of revoking it or maintaining it in a more limited amended form with respect…
UPDATE: December, 5th 2022 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…
The difference between intellectual property and industrial property, the features of the different protection figures, their prosecution and their internationalization were some of the topics discussed in the eleventh edition…
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…
The food processing industry is experiencing a genuine boom, driven by the many challenges facing humanity in this area, which range from improving sustainability and ingredient production to accessing food…
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…
Juan Arias, Almudena Fernández and André Santos give different clasess in the Master's Degree in Drug Development, Production and Manufacturing (MFIR) Pharmaceutical patents are undoubtedly one of the most interesting…