USPTO and Ghana sign historic statement of intent for Accelerated Patent Grant arrangement

The USPTO has marked a historic first after signing a statement of intent for a new Accelerated Patent Grant arrangement between the USPTO and Ghana’s IP office, the Registrar General’s Department, Ministry of Justice.

USPTO announces Madrid e-Filing as the new platform for international trademark filings

The USPTO announced it will transition outbound international trademark filings from the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) to the Madrid e-Filing system (Madrid e-Filing), the secure filing platform operated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and used by intellectual property offices in more than 40 countries.

USPTO champions global assignment initiative and PCT modernization

The USPTO announced the launch of an International Patent Assignment Initiative to simplify and modernize the administration of cross-border patent ownership and assignments.

Head of the class: Trademarks at full power with USPTO’s AI tool

America’s Branding Agency, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s Trademarks organization is driving increased throughput, higher quality, and register integrity with its move to full artificial intelligence (AI) tool adoption.

Laura Peter to be the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Next Deputy Director General of the Patents and Technology Sector

The Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved Laura Peter’s appointment as the Deputy Director General of WIPO’s Patents and Technology Sector.

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