KIPO adopts ST.26 Standards for Sequence Listings for patent applications
23 May 2023
As of July 1, 2022, a new international sequence listing standard, WIPO Standard ST.26 for nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings, became effective in...
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Korean Supreme Court clarifies declaration timing of pre-filing disclosures
23 May 2023
South Korea allows a one-year grace period for pre-filing disclosures by inventors or applicants so that these disclosures are not regarded as prejudicial prior...
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A new sunrise: the advent of the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent is finally confirmed
17 Feb 2023
With the news on Friday 17 February 2023 that the Federal Republic of Germany has ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC), the...
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Considering affinity bias when developing DEIA initiatives
16 Feb 2023
Diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) was the topic of Workshop 4 at the FICPI World Congress 2022 in Cannes in September 2022....
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EPO Boards of Appeal user consultation until March 2023
07 Feb 2023
As foreshadowed when we met the Boards of Appeal of the EPO in October 2022, the Boards of Appeal have launched a consultation of their...
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Reengaging with the WIPO IGC for the December 2022 - 45th Session on the protection for TK, TCE and genetic resources
18 Jan 2023
Continuing from the previous session, FICPI is looking to reengage with the work of this committee as it addresses......
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