The Fourth Amendment to the China Patent Law (“Amended Patent Law”) adopted in October 2020 introduced a brand-new Patent Term Extension (PTE).
In China, since 1993 the term of a patent for invention (equivalent to utility patent) has been 20 years.
The...
EUIPO Executive Director, Christian Archambeau’s letter of 27th November 2020, outlines the main advantages of the new Database GIview.
It has “new and advanced search...
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, since 2 April 2020 oral proceedings before examining divisions of the European Patent Office have been held by videoconference...
EUIPO's new pro bono programme was presented during the virtual meeting of FICPI and the EUIPO on 10 December 2020.
This “Free personalised Intellectual Property...
In 2019 the Brazilian Patent Office (BPTO) published the new text of the Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications within the Biotechnology field.
The new...
FICPI is unique, being the only international NGO whose membership consists exclusively of IP attorneys in private practice. FICPI thus represents an important constituency within the international IP system.