{"id":68793,"date":"2020-05-11T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=68793"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:36:38","slug":"patent-office-deadlines-may-2020-wipo-covid19-ip-policy-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/patent-office-deadlines-may-2020-wipo-covid19-ip-policy-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th May 2020, WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker and more patent news"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s Patent News \u2013 Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th<\/sup> May 2020; WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker; USPTO allows Plant Patent Applications to be filed via the patent electronic filing systems; Japanese tech giants join COVID-19 IP pledge to fight the pandemic and other news updates.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

INDIA PATENT NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n

Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th<\/sup> May 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) by virtue of public notification dated 4th May has extended all deadlines falling between 25th<\/sup> March 2020 and 3rd<\/sup> May 2020 to 18th<\/sup> May 2020. As per the notice, the extension comes in the light of the national lock down period being extended by the Ministry of Home Affairs to 17th<\/sup> May 2020. The notice also explains that the CGPDTM has considered the fact that all the four IP Office are located in the Red Zones (Hotspots). Therefore, all Intellectual Property application deadlines falling between the above-mentioned time period have been extended to 18th<\/sup> May 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to access the official notice.<\/span><\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL PATENT NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n

USPTO allows Plant Patent Applications to be filed via the <\/strong>patent electronic filing systems <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As per a recent notification by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the patent office will be allowing all Plant Patent Applications to be filed via the patent electronic filing systems \u2013 EFS-Web and Patent Centre. The public notice published on 4th<\/sup> May 2020 explains that the filing of plant patent applications through the e-filing system has been permitted after considering the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak to be an \u201cextraordinary situation\u201d under 35 CFR 1.183. The notice also provides a list of requirements that are to be followed at the time filing the application. Additionally, USPTO has explained that the e-filing of plant patent will remain effective for limited period of time and that that USPTO will publish a notice to this effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to access the official notice.<\/span><\/p>\n

WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

WIPO has launched a new tool called the \u201cCOVID-19 IP Policy Tracker\u201d to provide information on changes incorporated by the IP Offices in response to the pandemic. Information such as extension of statutory deadlines, office operational hours, status of processing existing and new applications etc., can be found.\u00a0 In the words of Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO, \u201cThe COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker is an information repository that will help all stakeholders navigate changes implemented by the worldwide IP community as it adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You may click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to access the Policy Tracker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese tech giants join COVID-19 IP pledge to fight the pandemic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese tech giants like Canon, Toyota, Nissan and certain other companies recently announced that they will be offering their Intellectual Property for use at zero cost. The pledge taken by the companies include IPR\u2019s that can be used for \u201cdiagnosis, prevention containment and treatment of COVID-19.\u201d The initiative will remain in effect until the World Health Organization (WHO) declares that COVID-19 is not a Public Health Emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, please feel free to write to\u00a0contact@bananaip.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/strong> Kindly note that the news bulletin has been put together from different sources, primary and secondary, and BananaIP\u2019s reporters may not have verified all the news published in the bulletin. You may write to contact@bananaip.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for corrections and take down.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Indian Patent Office has extended all deadlines for IP filings to 18th May 2020 due to the ongoing lockdown. WIPO has launched a COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker, and the USPTO now allows plant patent applications via electronic systems. This post highlights key patent and IP news updates from India and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[11000,11003,8972,11002,10999,11001,108,1121],"class_list":["post-68793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-covid-19-ip-policy","tag-india-patent-updates","tag-intellectual-property-news","tag-japanese-tech-giants","tag-patent-office-deadlines","tag-plant-patent-applications","tag-uspto","tag-wipo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141018,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68793\/revisions\/141018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}