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World IP news: from Korea and ARIPO

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KIPO Supports Establishment Timor-Leste’s Intellectual Property Office

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has started taking concrete steps to support the launch of the Timor-Leste Intellectual Property (IP) Office, with the running of the four-day training for the delegation from Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry which started June 17 2025.

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ARIPO Joins UPOV PRISMA, Enabling Online Filing of Plant Variety Protection Applications

Breeders seeking plant variety protection through the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) can now submit their applications using the electronic platform UPOV PRISMA- a tailor-made online tool designed to facilitate plant variety protection (PVP) applications across PVP Offices worldwide.