17.11.2009
Seminars on revised Chinese patent law
Taking place in Stockholm, The Hague, Milan and Munich, the seminars will feature addresses by experts on Chinese patent law and workshops aimed at stakeholders and intellectual property rights professionals.

13.11.2009
EPO and JPO to pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
Both Offices believe that this pilot is a major step forward in the JPO-EPO co-operative efforts to manage workloads. The pilot will begin in January.

13.11.2009
Trilateral Offices to start PCT-PPH
The EPO, JPO and USPTO have agreed to begin a pilot programme in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) framework utilising PCT work products

11.11.2009
Quality through partnership
Speakers at the Patent Information Conference in Biarritz last week discussed the links between the quality of patent applications and the quality of patent information.