WIPO clarifies certified documents and extracts services amid coronavirus (COVID-19)

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has released a Madrid Information Notice on the subject of measures concerning certified documents and extracts services amid coronavirus (COVID-19). In the notice, WIPO declares that 'it will send by postal mail print certified copies of certificates of international registration and renewal, attestations and detailed certified extracts requested between March 31 and July 12, 2020'. The notice also mentions that since 13 July 2020, the International Bureau of WIPO has resumed legalisation of documents and expedited service. Finally, WIPO notes that since 13 July 2020, the International Bureau of WIPO 'delivers certified copies of certificates of international registration and renewal, attestations and simple as well as detailed certified extracts by electronic means only, as portable document format (PDF) files'. It declares that it will 'send by postal mail print copies of the above-mentioned documents upon express request only'.