As of May 1, 2022, PCT applications started designating Iraq (IQ) for national entry phase. To date, Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC) has not issued new guidance on PCT-based filings and prosecution.Under the Convention filings, applications are required to includ

PCT international applications:Article 4 of the Measures for Submitting Sequence Listings stipulates that if a PCT international application discloses a nucleotide or amino acid sequence, when the EPO acts as the International Searching Authority (ISA) and the Supplementary International Searching A

In order to improve the accuracy and quality of sequence listings, make sequence listings easier to disseminate, facilitate retrieval, and facilitate data exchange between different databases and import into computer databases, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established a Standa

Morocco – the last Hague System contracting party, list of Hague System contracting parties outside of the European Union and the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) bound only by the 1960 Hague Act – has acceded to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement. The Government of Morocco

Information about the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV:s) handling of cases affected by the military aggression in Ukraine.The war in Ukraine may be an acceptable reason for granting extension of certain time limits.Upon request in trademark and design matters, repeated extensions may be gr