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LEBANON: New Requirement for Powers of Attorney.

On March 16, 2015, the INPI published in the Official Gazette the draft guidelines for patentable subject matter and patentability requirements for substantive examination:

The draft rules on patentable subject matter, patentability requirements and their examination by the INPI per se, with specific provisions in relation to novelty, inventive activity, industrial application, as well as definition of prior art and the person skilled in the art, non-patentable subject matter and Markush formulas. These guidelines are subject to public consultation until May 14, 2015.