MEXICO - AUSTRIA
January 31, 2017
On October 25th, 2016, the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI) and the Austrian Patent Office (APO) signed three different collaboration agreements that will strengthen relationships between both offices.
The three agreements are: Memorandum of Understanding on IP Cooperation, (ii) implementation of an Accelerated Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) and, (iii) formalizing the recognition by the IMPI to the APO as International Search Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA).