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Türkiye: a comprehensive guide to patent prosecution under the Turkish Industrial Property Law
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… within 12 months before the filing date or, if a priority right … with their permission and the filing date of the patent application. This period is … conduct searches for international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
As …
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Netherlands: how strategic EPO patent prosecution can intentionally enhance FTO uncertainty for third parties
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… expired. Most patent rights expire 20 years after the filing date. Also, with … after the filing date, just before the grant of a patent of the … issuance of patents throughout the 20 years counted from the filing date. An …
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United Kingdom: the evolution of patent infringement by equivalents with UPC comparative analysis
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… of the patent have concluded that the patentee nonetheless intended … the assessment of infringement. Patents for Inventions, Blanco White, … constitute infringement of the patent with equivalent means.
This … in the art at the filing date’. Again, equivalence had …
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No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’
17 Sep 2025 19:00 GMT
… . Whether this particular patent could unreasonably restrict the … potentially invalidate this specific patent: by anticipation or obviousness … the 2022 earliest filing date of this patent, had all the … that invalidates the patent under the patent law rules of …
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Argentina’s patent grace period, explained
15 Sep 2025 17:27 GMT
… prior to the filing date of the patent application in Argentina … disclosed prior to the filing date in Argentina, the declaration … fulfilled at the Argentine filing date.
This provides an advantage … may bar patentability if made prior to the filing date. For …
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Gotta Catch ’Em All...In Court?: Nintendo Bolsters U.S. Patent Portfolio In Wake of Japanese Lawsuit Against Pocketpair
12 Sep 2025 19:25 GMT
… of Nintendo’s Japanese patents. The three patents1 are directed to … of their patent. For international infringements, the Patentee must enforce patent rights under … 18 months after their priority filing date. Additional patent applications that have yet …
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Israel: essential updates on national prosecution processes
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… 12 months prior to the filing date of the application, provided the … inventive step beyond the original patent. The patent of addition is effective … Israel.
Administrative enforcement of patents
The Israel Patents Law deals with the …
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Let’s Make it a Date–Best Method and the Filing Date of the Earliest Complete Application
29 Aug 2025 04:23 GMT
… for divisional patent applications, it is the filing date of … application, not the individual filing date of each divisional application … filing date of a PCT application. The filing dates of the patents … or
The filing date of each of the divisional patents (B …
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Ideas and Innovations in Patent Law
04 Sep 2025 06:18 GMT
… 20 years from the filing date; and
Simple patents, Indonesia’s equivalent to … categorised into invention patents, utility model patents and design patents, and are … the application filing date. Patent rights are enforceable only after the patent is granted …
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Guide to Indonesia’s globalising patent laws
04 Sep 2025 06:19 GMT
… understanding the Indonesian patent framework is essential to … years from the filing date; and
Simple patents, Indonesia’s … IP globally.
Patentability criteria
A patent shall be granted … second patent significantly improves a first patent, both patent holders …