Worldwide Patent Law and Policy

A growing portal of information on all things patent law from all corners of the globe.

I'm currently looking for volunteers to write for country-specific patent law blogs on Promote the Progress. If you want to share your expertise with the world, please contact me at jmbesq AT gmail.com.

Global. Change.

Two words that describe the concept of modern patent law to lawyers, business folks, and inventors.

Now, after four years of writing the original Promote the Progress blog, I'm restructuring the site as a portal for patent information from around the globe.

The new site is currently under construction, but I encourage you to explore it as much as you can (many links are not yet activated). All the great content from the original blog is still here (visit the old index page here or go straight to the United States blog to browse it).

I'll post an overview of the structure for the new site on the Admin blog as soon as it's ready to go. In the meantime, please feel free to send me any comments, questions or suggestions at jmbesq AT gmail DOT com.

--J. Matthew Buchanan

Most recent posts

Who pays maintenance fees in Canada? - Posted to The Canada blog by David J. French

Canada like many other countries requires that annual maintenance fee payments be made both in respect of patents and in respect of pending applications.  The first such annual fee is due no later than the end of two years after the Canadian filing date.  In the case of a PCT application,.. (Read More)

Patent reform update presented at Stanford Law School - Posted to The United States blog by J. Matthew Buchanan

Last Friday, I presented "Patent Reform Update" as a guest lecture at Stanford Law School. Jeff Schox, a San Francisco-based patent attorney and long-time friend, asked me to help him with the 'patent reform' topic in his patent law class. (yes...'patent reform' has received syllabus-level attention in the.. (Read More)

Google does published apps, China liberalizes and WIPO notes an Asian uprising - Posted to The Patent Linkblog by J. Matthew Buchanan

1.  Google Patents is now sporting published patent applications.  Steve used the new service to find the secret to Google's success - Green Tea Extract. 2.   China authorized 30 percent more patents in 2007 than in 2006 as part of a governmental "effort to liberalize its.. (Read More)

Biotech industry to US Trade Rep - onerous biotech written description requirements warrant keeping India on the Priority Watch List - Posted to The India blog by J. Matthew Buchanan

According to this article, the Biotechnology Industry Association (a separate group from BIO?) has asked the United States Trade Representative to keep India on its Priority Watch List. The stated reasons for the request are specifically tailored to the onerous written description requirements for biotechnology-related patent applications.. (Read More)