The Union of Serbia and Montenegro (a creation in 2003 from the remnants of former Yugoslavia) effectively came to an end on June 3, 2006 after Montenegro declared its independence following a referendum. In addition, Kosovo, a southern province of...

The Dominican Republic became the 137th contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by depositing its instrument of accession with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on February 28,...

DNS BE, the manager of the .be (Belgium) domain name zone has announced the following changes to its Terms and Conditions that favor trademark...

Bahrain: Joins PCT Bahrain became the 136th contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by depositing its instrument of accession at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on December 18, 2006. The Patent Cooperation Treaty...

Malta, which became a member of the European Union (EU) on May 1, 2004, has finally joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the European Patent Convention (EPC), both with effect from March 1,...

Our retired partner Del Goldsmith recently celebrated his 100th birthday at a birthday party hosted by the Patterson Fire Department where Del was active for over 50...