Unified Patent Court Ratification Progress
Currently, national courts and authorities of the contracting states of the European Patent Convention are competent to decide on the infringement and validity of European patents. In practice, this gives rise to a number of difficulties when a patent proprietor wishes to enforce a European patent – or when a third party seeks the revocation […]
Heads of IP5 offices agree to focus on improving services to users and the public
The heads of the world’s five largest intellectual property offices (IP5), meeting today in Suzhou, China, pledged to step up their co-operation in order to further optimise their services to users and the public. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China […]
Romania signs the new treaty on intellectual property in Geneva
On 21 May 2015 Romania signed, through the Permanent Representative in Geneva, “the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appelations of Origin and Geographical Indications”, a new treaty on intellectual property that guarantees protection to products that are commercialized internationally and that are famous for their qualities, specific to the geographic area of origin. […]
