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In the first half of 2024, South Korea experienced unprecedented growth in domestic patent and trademark applications, propelled by advances in artificial intelligence and semiconductor industries. The Ministry of Intellectual Property reported a 29.2% increase in patent filings and an 18.6% rise in trademark applicat…
Effective July 1, the USPTO will no longer accept trademark filings submitted by fax. This change aims to reduce delays caused by poor fax reproduction and manual processing, encouraging electronic submissions or alternative paper filings with petitions to accept paper. The policy aligns with longstanding rules and re…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued 11 administrative orders in the past six months to remove approximately 10,500 trademark applications and registrations deemed fraudulent or invalid. This action follows last fiscal year’s removal of over 52,000 invalid filings and sanctions against fore…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a formal order threatening sanctions against Shenzhen Huanyee Intellectual Property Co., a China-based trademark filing firm. The agency alleges the firm submitted more than 19,000 trademark applications using false information, including unauthorized use of U.S. attorne…
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