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Eurasian Patent Office as an International Authority in the PCT system

28 July 2023

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Eurasian Patent Office as an International Authority in the PCT system

Dmitry Rogozhin, Deputy Director of the Examination Department of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO), analyzes new opportunities that have been provided for applicants and inventors in the Eurasian space since the EAPO started functioning as an International Searching Authority. You can read the article in English here.

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Assemblies of the WIPO Member States

The Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States started today in Geneva. The meetings are attended bymore than 1,600 delegates, 100 heads of IP offices, including EAPO President Grigory Ivliev. WIPO Director General Daren Tang noted that the definingmission of supporting innovators and creators from around the world does not exist […]

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IP tools for young scientists presented at SPIEF 2025

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IP education was discussed in Astana

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From idea to asset: digital transformation of intellectual property

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Development of IP system in the age of artificial intelligence was discussed in Astana

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Development trends in IP law discussed in St. Petersburg

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