Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

Hi everyone, take a look at this week’s foreign filing/patent law news:

• In the spirit of March Madness, our own Jeff Shieh has dedicated an article to some pretty neat sports-related patents.
• EPO fees are set to increase on April 1st. This handy chart, provided by Patent Docs, lays out the fee changes in good detail.
• There’s a major lawsuit to commence between tech giants Yahoo! and Facebook over allegations of patent infringement.
• inovia news: AUTM 2012 kicked off on Wednesday in Anaheim, CA. inovia and Managing IP partnered to host the webinar, “IP Enforcement in China,” a great resource for companies planning to file a patent in China.

As part of our new webinar series, we’re hosting “International Patenting Strategies “101” on Wednesday the 21st, which provides a 30-minute overview of the foreign filing process given by our Senior Patent Attorney Jeff Shieh. We wish everyone a fun St. Patrick’s Day and a relaxing Sunday to follow! Follow us @inoviaIP.