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- Friday, 23.08.2019The European Commission has announced the names of the experts who have been selected as members of the mission boards to work on five major European research and innovation missions. The missions…
- Friday, 09.08.2019The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its annual edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) that ranks the innovation performance of 129 countries and economies around the…
- Friday, 09.08.2019The EPO recently published its newest Quality Report which focuses on the patent grant process and describes each stage of the grant procedure in detail. The report also contains data analyses at EPO…
- Tuesday, 30.07.2019ACCIÓ (the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness) has opened the 1st call of Tecniospring INDUSTRY programme which will run until 30 September 2019. This international talent programme…
- Monday, 29.07.2019You can now apply for a series of free, fully-organised start-up missions by Startup Europe - an initiative of the European Commission, which falls under its priority of the ‘Digital Single Market…
- Monday, 29.07.2019With discussions on future directions, priorities and objectives for the next EU research and innovation programme "Horizon Europe" (2021-27) well underway, the European Commission has recently…
- Monday, 29.07.2019The Fair Standards Alliance has published a useful guide on “Core Principles and Approaches for Licensing of Standard Essential Patents" (CWA2), which is now available online. The CWA2 project…
- Friday, 26.07.2019Developers of cellular telecommunications standards have teamed-up with leading consumer electronics brands to provide practical guidance for businesses interested in making 5G and IoT-connected…
- Thursday, 25.07.2019Innovation isn’t just having a few bright ideas. It’s about creating value and helping organisations continuously adapt and evolve. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is…
- Thursday, 25.07.2019The nomation period for the European Inventor Award 2020 by the European Patent Office (EPO) in now open: This award is unique in that it honours inventors not only for the genius of their scientific…
- Tuesday, 16.07.2019On 15 April 2019, the European Council approved the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market. This Directive intends to make EU copyright rules fit for the digital age.…
- Monday, 15.07.20194iP Council recently launched a new, practical '4SMEs' website area to help innovative businesses draw economic and strategic value from IP. The area: • explains and compares different types of…
- Monday, 15.07.2019On their annual meeting in Incheon (South Korea), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the China National Intellectual…
- Monday, 15.07.2019The idea behind the EPO's Strategic Plan is to create "a roadmap for achieving a more sustainable patent office for Europe, better equipped to succeed in an evolving IP landscape" said EPO President…
- Friday, 12.07.2019The IPA4SME call has been re-opened on 8 July 2019, given the overwhelming response to the first cut-off date of the IPA4SME Action, and the initially allocated budget not being sufficient to provide…
- Tuesday, 09.07.2019The European Commission recently published an independent expert report identifying “100 radical innovation breakthroughs for the future”. Combining machine learning algorithms and human evaluation…
- Tuesday, 02.07.2019The European Union and Mercosur states - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – reached on 28th June a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade deal. The goal of…
- Thursday, 27.06.2019At its very basic level, trade mark law is about how the public buy products and their interaction with brands. After all, a trade mark is defined as a sign which distinguishes the products…
- Friday, 21.06.2019The European Commission (EC) has published the 2019 editions of the European Innovation Scoreboard and Regional Innovation Scoreboard at the beginning of the week. Both show that the EU's innovation…
- Friday, 21.06.2019On the basis of the report published earlier this year by WIPO on the technology trends in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the UKIPO decided to publish a report focusing on the same technology trends,…