Uruguay About to Join the PCT On 7 January 2025 Uruguay will join the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), thus bringing the number of member countries to 158. In this connection, it is worth noting that according to a reservation made by Uruguay the Uruguayan Patent Office shall not be bound by Chapter II of the PCT.
After the EU Design Reform, here is another piece of news from the design world: on 22 November 2024 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Design Law Treaty. The Treaty, which saw the light of day during the Diplomatic Conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after almost 20 years of preparatory work.
The yearly ‘Festival della Canzone Italiana’ (Italian Song Festival) held in the charming Ligurian town of Sanremo is one of the most important and long-running music festivals in the world that Italians of all generations have been attending or watching on TV for more than 70 years.
