On December 7, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) announced the implementation of their brand new Parallel Patent Grant initiative, otherwise known as the PPG. It takes the form of a worksharing agreement between the tw
“The number of patent infringement cases handled by Wuhan every year in the field of e-commerce is increasing at a rate of 10-20%.” Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Intellectual Property Office stated that this year, Wuhan implemented the Intellectual Property Protectio
Recently, Zhejiang Provincial Intellectual Property Bureau released the patent right pledge financing statistics. From January to November of 2020, Zhejiang Province completed 1,149 patent right pledge registrations, with the pledge deposit amount reached 27.398 bi
On December 21, the Forth National Robot Patent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Finals and Summit Forum co-organized by jointly sponsored by the Anhui Provincial Market Supervision Administration (Intellectual Property Office), Wuhu Municipal People’s Government and the National Intellec
The European Patent Office (EPO) conference "The role of patents in an AI driven world" came to a conclusion today. The two-day online event provided a platform to discuss artificial intelligence (AI), its impact on intellectual property (IP), and the potential benefits it could bring to p
