Beginning August 1, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is streamlining the process for following new assignments, obtaining information on pending assignments, questions on assignments, liens on patents, filing assignments, recordation forms, and trademark assignments.Going forward, users

The latest news from the Unified Patent Court suggests that the Court – and with it the new Unitary Patent – is likely to start in early 2023.Following the ratification of the UPC Agreement by Austria in January, preparations have been underway for the establishment of the Court. The preparatory per

The Eurasian Patent Office starts operations as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Only 24 patent offices in the world have status of International Authorities.The appointment of EAPO as an

As reported previously here, the European Patent Office (EPO) refused the so called DABUS applications (EP 18275163.6 and EP 18275174.3) for failing to meet the requirements of the European Patent Convention (EPC) because the applications designated an artificial intelligence (AI) as the sole invent

Montenegro is due to become the 39th member state of the European Patent Organisation. On 15 July, the country accomplished the final step towards acceding to the European Patent Convention (EPC) by depositing its instrument of accession. As a result, Montenegros accession will take effect on 1 Octo