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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup
Hi everyone! Take a look at some of the latest stories in foreign filing over the past week: Check out this 5-minute guide to Europe’s newly-passed unified patent court system. Our own New York senator, Charles Schumer, introduced a bill … Continue reading
Friday Foreign Filing Roundup
Happy Friday everyone! It’s been a bitterly cold week here in Manhattan, so we certainly hope you’re faring better wherever you are! See below for this week’s roundup of our favorite foreign filing news: Facebook may have another patent lawsuit … Continue reading
Permanent Patent Prosecution Highway Program Launched between US and Taiwan
Happy New Year to our readers! Here’s some foreign filing news to kick off 2013… For many applicants, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an invaluable resource for expediting and reducing the costs of foreign applications. The PPH is a … Continue reading
International Patent Offices Celebrate the Past and Look to the Future
The patent offices of Europe (EPO), the United States (USPTO) and Japan (JPO) met this week in Kyoto, Japan, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the trilateral agreement between them. During the conference, the offices repledged their plans to improve patent … Continue reading
Another Lane in the Patent Prosecution Highway
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a bilateral program between two patent offices that utilizes work-sharing and cooperation to increase efficiency, shorten examination time, and improve patent quality. The USPTO alone has over 30 PPH or Patent Cooperation Treaty PPH … Continue reading
USPTO Announces Extension of PPH with EPO & JPO
On January 29, 2010, the USPTO entered into a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with its counterpart offices in Europe and Japan. Under the PPH program, Written Opinions or International Preliminary Examination Reports issued by either the European Patent … Continue reading
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The Examination Express Lane: Recent Developments and Updates on the PPH
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs are bilateral, work-sharing programs between patent offices designed to expedite examination and improve patent quality. In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered into multiple PPHs with foreign patent offices, … Continue reading
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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup
Here’s a look at the foreign filing/patent law news from the week of November 28, 2011: EU unitary patent news: EU ministers will meet next week to discuss the proposed European patent court. More from Managing IP. New PPH pilot: … Continue reading
Friday Foreign Filing Roundup
Here’s a recap of the patent/foreign filing news from this week: Nortel’s patent portfolio sells at auction for 4.5 billion How to protect IP Rights in China USPTO announces new framework for Patent Prosecution Highway Amazon “One-Click” denied European patent … Continue reading
Friday Foreign Filing Roundup
Each Friday, we’ll post a roundup of the patent law/foreign filing news from that week. Here’s a recap of this week’s news: America Invents Act passes House Judiciary Committee, changing the patent system from the first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file … Continue reading
