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

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Rules amending the Canadian Patent Rules were recently issued, for the purpose of simplifying the examination process in order to avoid unnecessary delay, including the limitation for the times of Office Action. The amendments were predetermined to be effective in early 2022, and now it will largely

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