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PCT Member States Endorse Recommendations to Enhance International Patent System

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- On Friday, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that the member states of WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) had endorsed a series of recommendations for enhancing the international patent system. The announcement came at the conclusion of PCT Working Group discussions that took place from June 14-18, 2010. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry noted that the recommendations would "go a long way in creating the conditions that will enable WIPO member states to gain greater benefits from the international patent system." The recommendations that the member states endorsed were set forth in a "fairly lengthy"...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).