Visegrad Patent Institute

The Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation in the field of patents, created by the national patent offices of the four Visegrad countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.[1][2] The Agreement on the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI Agreement) was signed in Bratislava on February 26, 2015.[3][4][5] The Institute aims at operating as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as from July 1, 2016.[1]

According to Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, the signature of the agreement on creating the Visegrad Patent Institute is an important milestone in the history of the Visegrad Four, the alliance between Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Assembly of the PCT Union". PCT Newsletter 10/2015. WIPO. October 14, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Visegrad Group (V4) Countries Establish a Joint Patent Institute". Visegrad Group. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "APPOINTMENT OF THE VISEGRAD PATENT INSTITUTE AS AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINING AUTHORITY UNDER THE PCT – UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS" (PDF). WIPO. September 15, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Visegrad countries sign agreement on joint patent institute". Budapest Business Journal. February 27, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Foy, Henry (June 5, 2015). "Central and eastern Europe innovators hungry for action". The Financial Times. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lajčák: Weight of V4 grows in eyes of foreign partners". The Slovak Spectator. June 30, 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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