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China becomes top international patent filer

By AWA | Posted on May 20, 2020

China filed 58,990 applications through WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System last year, ending the US’s stronghold on the top position since the PCT began operations in 1978 by 1,150 applications. The numbers echo a sophisticated and coordinated effort to advance innovation and realise a high-value economy from the Chinese government. This is especially true considering in 1999,...

Tags: BOE, china, Huawei, IPR, Oppo, patents, PCT, Ping An, SPC

What patent protection does Gilead’s COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir have?

By Anders Heebøll-Nielsen, Michael Bech Sommer | Posted on April 30, 2020

On 29 April 2020 Gilead announced that its drug Remdesivir has a positive effect in the treatment of COVID-19 from a phase three trial of the drug. The investigation was so successful that for ethical reasons it was “unblinded” – the effect observed was so significant that retaining the group on placebo would prevent those...

Tags: applications, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gilead, IPR protection, patents, PCT, Remdesivir

Amended Canadian Patent Rules Effective

By AWA | Posted on December 20, 2019

On October 30, 2019, amendments to the Rules Respecting the Patent Act (Rules) and the Patent Act (Act) became effective in Canada. The amendments have far-reaching impacts on Canadian patent practice in terms of filing and prosecution. PCT – National Phase Previously, a PCT application could enter the national phase in Canada within 42 months...

Tags: Canada, CIPO, examination, IP, national phase, patents, PCT, priority

South America: New PPH agreements launched

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on December 21, 2016

The ever expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network keeps getting new additions, and as usual, the Awapatent IP Blog sums up the new expansions and arising possibilities. The PPH is a system of bilateral agreements allowing the request of accelerated examination at a participating office. The system is based on the search results and a...

Tags: IP, PCT, PPH, prosur, south america

Revised PACE programme from 1 January 2016

By AWA | Posted on February 12, 2016

The programme for accelerated prosecution of European Patent Applications (PACE) allows applicants to request that the European Patent Office (EPO) processes their application rapidly. The request must be filed in writing, but will be excluded from file inspection. In certain technical fields there has been constraints on how fast the EPO has been able to...

Tags: ECfS, ED, EESR, EPO, European Patent Applications, European Patent Office, ISA, PACE, PCT

The language of proceedings used before the EPO can never be changed

By AWA | Posted on February 18, 2010

The language of proceedings used before the EPO can never be changed – this includes the language used before the international receiving office if that language is English, French or German The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has for the second time this week issued a decision. This latest decision, G...

Tags: English, EPO, French, German, PCT

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