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

BAGHDAD – The Directorate of Patents and Industrial Designs in Iraq has issued new requirements for trademark licensing.The new required documents are as follows:• Power of attorney legalised;• License agreement document signed by the licensee legalised, and• Certificate of incorporation or extract

The five patent offices (IP5) accepted a total of 2,892,936 invention patent applications in 2021, an increase of 4% over 2020. Among the 1,585,663 applications accepted by CNIPA, 90% were from domestic applicants in mainland China. The USPTO accepted 591,475 cases, of which 8% were submitted by Ame

The Legal Board of Appeal of the EPO has issued in writing its decision in case J 8/20, which confirmed that under the European Patent Convention (EPC) an inventor designated in a patent application must be a human being. The decision, announced after hearing the appellant in public oral proceedings

Intellectual Property Protection FormsIn recent years, while non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are in intense discussions in public, the associated trademark registration activity has exploded. In the U.S., just in January-February 2022, the number of NFT trademark applications increased by 150% compared t