PCT Newsletter
December 2025 | No. 12/2025
New ISA and IPEA Agreement
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
The amended Agreement between the Government of Canada and the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in relation to the functioning of the Canadian Commissioner of Patents as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as in force from 1 January 2026, has been published at:
Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
The amended Agreement between the Finnish Patent and Registration Office and the IB of the WIPO in relation to the functioning of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as in force from 1 January 2026, has been published at:
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