{"id":217606,"date":"2019-08-01T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=217606"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T11:09:58","slug":"canada-joins-wipos-patent-law-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/01\/canada-joins-wipos-patent-law-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Joins WIPO\u2019s Patent Law Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Canada has joined the\u00a0Patent Law Treaty (PLT), designed to streamline formal procedures for national and regional patent\u00a0applications and patents. WIPO received Canada\u2019s instrument of ratification of the Patent Law Treaty on July 30, 2019.<\/span> The PLT will enter into force for Canada on October 30, 2019.\u00a0 Canada\u2019s ratification brings the number of\u00a0PLT contracting parties\u00a0to 42.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ratification to the PLT follows\u00a0Canada\u2019s accession to three key trademark-related WIPO treaties in June, which underlines Canada\u2019s strong commitment to multilateral engagement with WIPO.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">About the Patent Law Treaty<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PLT harmonizes and streamlines formal procedures with respect to national and regional patent applications and patents. It brings the national\/regional procedural requirements closer to those applied to international applications under the\u00a0Patent Cooperation Treaty\u00a0(PCT), where appropriate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consequently, the PLT facilitates filing and processing of patent applications by the users of the patent system and increases the efficiency of the operation of patent offices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most significantly, the PLT harmonizes the filing date requirements for national\/regional patent applications, and provides, under certain conditions, mechanisms to avoid the unintentional loss of rights because of failure to comply with time limits, among others.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>[Source: WIPO]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has joined the\u00a0Patent Law Treaty (PLT), designed to streamline formal procedures for national and regional patent\u00a0applications and patents. 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