WIPO’s Patentscope, which currently hosts data on more than 1.6 million international patent applications, has been extended.

Recent improvements in intellectual property protection make China a great place to innovate, says patent attorney Adrian Tombling.

Foreign companies now have more confidence in India’s patent system, but the economic boom is yet to produce much home grown innovation, says a new report.

Patent laws in the Republic of Ireland have been amended to streamline the system and bring it into line with the rest of Europe.

International experts at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to simplify the structure of the international system for classifying patents.

Everyone’s strapped for cash – except pharma. But the latest spending spree is no more of a fix for expiring patents than botox is for ageing skin, writes Nuala Moran.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has ratified the European Patent Convention and, on 1 January, became a member of the European Patent Organisation (EPO).

Depending who you ask, the long-awaited and final ruling on the University of Wisconsin’s WARF patent is either a landmark decision or signifies nothing.

The Commission and the European Patent office are taking action to eradicate underhand tactics for keeping generic drugs off the market.

David Alcock of the Patent Attorneys D Young & Co addresses concerns that a recent patent judgment undermines the concept of evergreening, even though Tate & Lyle’s US patents to Sucralose are valid.