Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

Here’s a recap of the patent/foreign filing news from this week:

• Differing reactions to the America Invents Act. Support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and opposition from American Innovators for Patent Reform, among others. Patent Baristas posted a good recap.
• PCT national phase entry fee changes in India announced. See our blog article for more information.
• The unified European patent took another step forward this week.
• Switzerland was ranked the most innovative country, followed by Sweden and Singapore.
• From our friends at the PCT Learning Center: new PCT rule changes are in effect today.

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