Monthly Archives: July 2010

PCT National Stage Entry for the African Region

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 @ 03:41 PM

In response to the growth of IP in Africa and client requests, inovia is happy to announce today that Spoor & Fisher has joined our global agent network and will handle our PCT national stage entries into ARIPO.  With the … Continue reading →

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Eased Patent Translation Requirements Proposed in Europe

Posted by Jeff Shieh on Monday, Jul 12, 2010 @ 09:34 PM

Validation costs for granted European applications can easily spiral out of control due to the translations required for many countries at this stage.  Translation costs can make up over 75% of the total cost for validation, and as a result, … Continue reading →

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Patent filing news from China

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Thursday, Jul 8, 2010 @ 08:56 PM

Our inovia agent in China, AFD China Intellectual Property, has sent us two interesting news updates on patent examination quality and filing of IPR criminal cases: SIPO survey shows patent examination quality improved Results of a recent SIPO survey show … Continue reading →

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A look at the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey

Posted by Jeff Shieh on Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 @ 03:38 PM

Looks like we’re not the only ones conducting surveys on US IP trends.  Researchers at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, the University of San Diego Law School and the Georgia Institute of Technology released a paper detailing the … Continue reading →

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