Despite numerous setbacks and delays - most recently a June 2017 decision by the German Constitutional Court that prevents Germany from...

As you may know, at any time, you can check the status of any pending or registered trademark at the United State Patent and Trademark...

The Hague Agreement is an international registration system that allows the possibility of obtaining protection for up to 100 industrial...

Part of my position as an international paralegal is handling the recordation of ownership changes in various countries. This can be...

You’ve filed for patent protection in the U.S. and are now considering filing internationally. You decide that you only need protection...

Some say long distance relationships just don’t last, but hey, what do they know? After being a part of Head, Johnson & Kachigian, P.C....

While one could argue that every day is a day to celebrate intellectual property, the official World Intellectual Property day is...

If you are like me, you have grown up in a family with many idiosyncrasies, traditions and shared knowledge. The implication of this is...

When protecting intellectual property internationally, often an applicant of a U.S. trademark application or registration will want to...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty among 144 contracting states. The world’s major corporations,...

Have you recently received an email claiming that someone is trying to register a domain name incorporating your trademark in Asia? If...

The Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks was established in 1891 and functions under the Madrid Agreement and...

Authentication or legalization of documents is a necessary step in international patent and trademark filing. Most countries require a...

Thailand has recently become the 142nd contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Any PCT application filed on or after...

Under Section 102(e) of Title 35 of the United States Code, a person is not entitled to a patent if their invention was described in a...

The five major intellectual property offices (IP 5) recently announced that they have laid out a blueprint for work sharing and...

The PCT application may be filed in the USPTO as an RO although the IB of the WIPO administers the PCT. Have you got that? The Patent...