On 5th October 2017, the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks signed a cooperation agreement with the Director General of WIPO to facilitate the exchange of data between these offices including Indian Patent documents, search and examination reports through WIPO CASE and WIPO Digital Access Services (DAS) to make priority documents available electronically. The agreement will facilitate India to become a depositing office for WIPO CASE, thus, enabling the Indian patent office to make available the search and examination reports of Indian patent applications to patent offices in other member countries. The agreement also envisages a regular data exchange between WIPO and the Indian Patent Office to ensure smoother and faster processing of patent applications.
This update is authored by Clasis Law, Clyde & Co's associated firm in India
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