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CIPO Fees to Increase by 25% in 2024 and Expansion of the Definition of “Small Entity”

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

On the patent side, the increase in the fees will be applicable to standard entity size. Thus, small entity patent applicants will only experience CIPO’s regular annual fee increase in 2024. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has announced that effective January 1, 2024, most official fees will be increasing by 25%.

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Schrodinger’s Claims of Mitsui Chemicals: Claims That Are There and Also Not There

SpicyIP

Controller of Patents made some notable observations on amendment of claims in a PCT application and Section 3(h) of the Patent Act. First, the treatment of claims during the national phase entry of a PCT application into India. In a significant order, the Delhi High Court in Mitsui Chemicals v. Let’s dive in.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- I)

IP and Legal Filings

HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT: IPRs are not new to define but what matters is the interpretation of the definition. Then in 1886, came the Berne Convention to provide for remuneration to the creators and the right to control such payment for their creative works on an international level.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 7- August 13)

SpicyIP

Mathews discussed the Delhi High Court’s order directing for strict interpretation of the PCT timelines while filing the national phase applications. Registrar and referred the question of retrospective applicability of the TM 2017 Rules to a Division Bench. Modern Foods v.

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Highlights from the new EPO Guidelines for Examination 2024

The IPKat

has been updated to state "absent any substantiated indication to the contrary, there is a strong rebuttable presumption under the EPC that an applicant or joint applicants claiming priority in accordance with Art. Applicants are now therefore required to convert a ST.25 Entitlement to priority (A-III-6.1)

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Division and Conversion – the Continuing Life of the Australian Innovation Patent

LexBlog IP

According to the report, there were 23,371 Australian standard patent applications filed as National Phase Entries (NPEs) from international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), 9,026 standard applications filed directly in Australia, making up a record total of 32,397 new standard applications.

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What is intellectual property (IP)?

Patent Trademark Blog

As long as the owner continues to sell products or services under a particular mark, then trademark rights do not have a definite expiration date. Unlike patents which have a definite expiration, trade secrets can last indefinitely as long as the above requirements are maintained. Trademarks can last indefinitely. Is IP time sensitive?