Month: January 2020

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), jointly with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) on December 19, 2019 released a Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary FRAND (Note 1) Commitments. The statement makes clear that standards-essential patents (SEPs) …

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A Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program has commenced between the Indian Patent Office (IPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO).The guidelines in this regard have been published on the website of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks. The said guidelines are issued to address the procedures and requirements that applicants need …

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Surpassing the high quality solutions already in place at the European Union Intellectual property Office (EUIPO) in image recognition, the Office has implemented a new artificial intelligence (AI) solution to allow its users to carry out image-based searches for designs and trademarks, with new algorithms in place both in eSearch Plus and TMView. In the …

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