Why do you hire local agents when renewing patents?

Find out the reason for hiring local agents and in what jurisdictions it is required

Some jurisdictions require a local agent to represent patent owners.

These agents essentially represent you, the patent owners, in the patent ownership capacity with the Patent Office. When this representation requirement is present, we engage a local agent.

The countries that require a local agent are:

United Arab Emirates
Albania
Armenia
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bangladesh
Bahrain
Brazil
Belarus
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Chile
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Cyprus
Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO)
Egypt
Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Georgia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
India
Japan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Cambodia
Republic of Korea
Kuwait
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Sri Lanka
Lesotho
Morocco
Republic of Moldova
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Macao
Malawi
Mexico
Malaysia
Mozambique
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)
Oman
Philippines
Pakistan
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Serbia
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Swaziland
Thailand
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Turkey
Taiwan, Province of China
Ukraine
Viet Nam
South Africa

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