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China becomes top international patent filer
China filed 58,990 applications through WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System last year, ending the US’s stronghold on the
What patent protection does Gilead’s COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir have?
On 29 April 2020 Gilead announced that its drug Remdesivir has a positive effect in the treatment of COVID-19
Amended Canadian Patent Rules Effective
On October 30, 2019, amendments to the Rules Respecting the Patent Act (Rules) and the Patent Act (Act) became
South America: New PPH agreements launched
The ever expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network keeps getting new additions, and as usual, the Awapatent IP Blog
Early certainty and PCT direct – a visit by the EPO
Have you ever dreamt of having a fast grant of a European patent? This question was in focus at
Revised PACE programme from 1 January 2016
The programme for accelerated prosecution of European Patent Applications (PACE) allows applicants to request that the European Patent Office
The language of proceedings used before the EPO can never be changed
The language of proceedings used before the EPO can never be changed – this includes the language used before the