Congratulations to Lanning Bryer who was appointed to the Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association...

Congratulations to the following attorneys who were appointed to International Trademark Association (INTA) committees for the 2016-2017 term: Matthew Asbell (Academic Committee), Stephen G. Janoski (Famous and Well Known Marks Committee), Mark...

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,...

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,...