On 13 April 2022, a special law entered into force providing for: suspension of deadlines starting on 24 February 2022: deadlines will continue starting from the day following the date on which the martial law regime is lifted, taking into account the time that passed before 24 February 2022; continuation of validity of IP rights for which the deadlines have [...]

Ukraine: martial law suspended the deadlines for 30 days; online filings work as long as there is an internet line; the Ukrainian colleagues work from home, always using the Internet and until it works. Russia and Belarus: PTOs operate regularly, but problems with payments are feared: however, in these States, official fees can be paid within six months from the [...]

The virtual world makes its way with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT),, i.e. digital objects, which are a sort of "avatar" of physical objects and which begin to have their own specific market on the Internet. As if to say: I can't afford a Ferrari in the garage, but I can buy a virtual one to keep on my PC ... The [...]

China has joined the Hague System bringing the total number of countries covered to 94. The Government of China deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on February 5, 2022. China is the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and 77th member of the Hague Union. The 1999 Act will enter into [...]