According to a press release by the Government of Hong Kong SAR, on October 30, 2015, the Patents (Amendment) Bill 2015 was published to provide a legal framework for reforming the patent system in Hong Kong.
Latvian Parliament has adopted a new Law on the Industrial Property Institutions and Procedures which will enter into force on January 1, 2016.
Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo has approved Laws on amending and supplementing the Law on Patents and the Law on Trademarks.