Friday Foreign Filing Roundup

We hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! See below for the latest updates in patenting/foreign filing news for this past week:

The United States ranked 5th for the 2013 Global Innovation Index, while Switzerland and Sweden rounded out the top two respectively.
Singapore and Mexico signed a memorandum to improve the quality of their patent application procedures this week.
For the first time, Africa is set to receive a Chief IP Officer.
inovia news: Please make sure to check out our recent post, “IP Enforcement in Honduras – Patent Enforcement Proceedings.”

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