Region: Africa & Middle East

The global Covid-19 pandemic looks set to have a major impact on filings across the world in 2020, with a far steeper fall in applications than was seen in 2009

25 March 2020

Government responses to the pandemic could include increased focus on obligatory sharing of patented inventions, but regulatory data exclusivities might serve as a barrier in both Europe and the United States.

24 March 2020

There’s not long left to answer our annual IP benchmarking survey

18 March 2020

After a bruising WIPO director-general election process, Singaporean nominee’s first priority should be to build bridges between the US and China

07 March 2020

New dates for both events, which had been scheduled to take place in the last week of March, will be announced as soon as possible

06 March 2020

We analyse 10 years of change for crucial clues as to what lies in store for the 2020s.

04 March 2020

Last year’s M&A and licensing figures suggest that there is a sellers' market in many types of life sciences assets

25 February 2020

The Israel Patent Office has denied a patent term extension for the biological drug Kovaltry, filed by Bayer Healthcare LLC. This decision clarifies the Ministry of Health’s regulatory requirements for registration of this type of drug.

19 February 2020

IAM's annual IP benchmarking survey opens today

18 February 2020

Nominate someone who deserves recognition for their outstanding, long-term contribution to the IP world

14 February 2020