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By Donald Zuhn — According to a Reuters report published earlier today, the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa have reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines (see Andrea Shalal and Emma Farge, "U.S., EU, India, S.Africa reach compromise on COVID vaccine IP waiver text," Reuters). Progress…
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By Donald Zuhn — Over the past two weeks, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) has been posting letters of support that it has received from other European IP offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has received such letters are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland,…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a Resolution issued on March 6, 2022, the Russian Federation introduced an amendment to the methodology for determining the amount of compensation to be paid to certain patent holders for the use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner's consent. In particular, for patent holders…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Over the last week, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) has been posting letters of support that it has received from other European patent offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has received such letters are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, the…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), per guidance issued by the U.S. Department of State (see "USPTO Terminates Engagement with Rospatent and EAPO"). In an email alert…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last week, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) began posting letters of support that it had received from other European patent offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has received such letters are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, the Industrial Property Office…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On Friday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a statement in which the Office indicated that it "has terminated engagement with officials from Russia's agency in charge of intellectual property, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (commonly known as Rospatent), and with the Eurasian Patent Organization [EAPO]." The Office noted…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) issued a statement declaring "that during this extremely difficult time for the country, during the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which became the reason for the imposition of martial law . . . the State Enterprise 'Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual…
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 15th annual list of top patent stories. For 2021, we identified nine stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Senate Committee of the Judiciary, wrote to United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai to express his opposition, yet again, to the Biden Administration's support for a proposal by India and South Africa…
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