The Index innovation world 2017 conclusions establishes that Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom are the world’s most innovative countries, as a group of Nations, including the India, Kenya and Vietnam are ahead of other Nations that have the same degree of development.

The study points out that there is still a gap in innovative capacity between developed and developing countries and is observed that the rate of progression in research and development, both at the State level and companies is mediocre.

The third edition of the technologies, VIVA TECHNOLOGY, it comes!

It will take place in Paris from 15 to 17 June, with the aim, once again, promote relations between leaders of industry, investors and the most innovative stratups that will lead to business solutions that will change business and the society of tomorrow.

The fair which is expected to accommodate 50,000 attendees, 5,000 startups and 7,000 CEOS 1,000 investors is organized into three days of 12 hours of lectures, masterclasses and coaching from professionals in the sector.

In addition, the salon will have nine spaces dedicated to all fields of technology from artificial intelligence to demonstrations of robots and drones.

On 7th and 8th june 2017 will be held in the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions of Malaga, the Technological Fair of Drones of Andalusia that pretends to be the space of reference and communication between the different professionals of the sector.

With the objective of promoting the use of drones in the professional field and favoring the business opportunity among professionals and boosting cooperation between research organizations in R & D projects, six spaces will be enabled, among which the area dedicated to Demonstration flights and assembly of drones.

From the month of January is possible to request patents in the Principality of Andorra. This is possible since On 30 October 2014 approved a new Law of Patents of the Principality of Andorra, that substituted to the ancient the Law of Patents of 10 June 1999 %or2013 that did not arrive never to apply – and on 22 July 2015, approved the Regulation of corresponding Execution.

This new Law has developed harmonised with the community right European and so that it facilitate the adhesion of the Principality of Andorra to the international treaties more important in matter of patents, as for example the validation of European patent or the adhesion to the treaty PCT.

In virtue of the new Andorran Law, the patents in said country adopt the format of mere tank of form, by what will not be examined of novelty. The application of patent can present in Catalan, Spanish, French or English.

It fits to stand out that, since Andorra already ratified the Agreement of the Agreement of Paris, exists a right of priority of 12 months from the date of presentation of the first application for the one who have presented an application of patent or a model of utility in a country splits of the agreement.

In the following links can consult the official texts so much of the Law of Patents as of his Regulation of execution:

Law of Patents

Regulation of execution

The authorities in the Ministry of trade and trade have communicated that the applicants of patents will be notified for the payment of the rights of publication of the patent after the acceptance of this, in the following number of the bulletin of copyright. Passed two months of the period of opposition, if they did not present oppositions, the applicant will have to present copies of the patent with the taxes of granting.

It requests that publication and register of quotas are paid to time to avoid delay of the broadcast of the patent of letters.

After the granting of the patent, will delete the file of application in the office of Qatar.

Under the current Law of patents of Korea, is necessary to present a request of examination inside the five 5 years from the date of application (in the case an application PCT, split of the date of international presentation). To avoid problems related with the delay in the granting of Patents motivated by the long period of time of the presentation of an application of examination, the Korean law has been reviewed, shortening this period to three 3 years from the date of presentation. This new disposal applies to the applications of patent presented in or after 01 March 2017 and the applications of patent presented before 01 March 2017 that were subject to the current regulation of five 5 years in the presentation of an application of examination.

Crowd of applications have been abandoned wrongly because the register has not checked if the warnings of reports/opposition of the examination have remitted properly to the applicant.

However, the General Direction has ensured that they will adopt measured to rehabilitate the applications / oppositions that have been abandoned wrongly and that they are demanded before 30 April 2016.

The council of ministers of Kuwait has published the new Law Number 11/2016, that represents a step in the adhesion to the Treaty of cooperation of patents (PCT).

Join to the PCT will allow to Kuwait register international patents through the national offices of the States members. The system of the PCT considers more profitable that the national or regional applications independent. The law published Number 11/2016 will be effective only after signing the agreement and the publication of the regulations execution.

Spectacular increase of the official tax for the publication of the renewal of a brand registered in Saudi Arabia

From the past 24 March 2016 office of marks of Saudi Arabia has applied an increase in the official taxes of publication for applications of renewal of brands.

The tax of publication of renewal of mark happens of 300 SR to 3000 SR.