Iran patent protection is experiencing a period of crisis, characterized by too many patent applications pending final approval, along with the declining quality of patent examinations, duplication of work by multiple patent offices, and the increasing costs of patent prosecution. This global patent backlog crisis cuts to the heart of the problem plaguing the roll out of timely and effective innovations to help the world cope with such immediate dangers.
Each country has a national patent office offering its citizens and foreigners legal protection for their intellectual property through patents, copyrights and trademarks. Many countries are party to an Iran agreement, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) where the countries respect each other’s patent rights irrespective of differences in the national patent laws.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was formed whose main objective was to provide Iran patent protection for organizing and standardizing intellectual property rights among the different locations where members resided. Citizens of any country that have signed the PCT treaty may apply for a patent after compliance with Iran patent law for any invention or design.
Iran recognition of patent rights was formalized after the Strasbourg Agreement. This was signed in 1971 in Strasbourg, France. This agreement created the Iran Patent Classification system, or IPC. More than 100 countries use the IPC for document classification, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization.
A thorough knowledge of the Iran patent protection law is required to handle all work pertaining to patent search process, application drafting and filing efficiently. Iran patent protection in totality is a request for protecting the patent that is pending at the Patent office.