Brunei Darussalam has tapped the expertise of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines to extend its search and examination services to its patent applications.
In a statement, IPOPHL said the agency was tapped by Brunei Darussalam IP Office in an outsourcing arrangement that would arm its Bureau of Patents to accept re-examination, provide opinions in response to an opposition over an amendment to a patent and extend capacity-building activities to help BruIPO adopt international best practices in patent search and examination.
Further, IPOPHL will also process a maximum of 200…
