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- Wednesday, 02.10.2019The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) just announced upcoming improvements to its trademark search system, via a new AI-based image search tool functionality. Starting November 2019,…
- Wednesday, 02.10.2019The General Court of the European Union, former composed of 46 Judges, welcomed seven additional Judges on 26 September 2019. Taking account of the increased number of Judges, the organisation of…
- Wednesday, 02.10.2019New non-legislative resolution: The members of the European Parliament (MEP) agreed that fruit, vegetables or animals obtained from conventional breeding processes should not be patentable.…
- Monday, 30.09.2019The European Commission has announced the winners of the first Horizon Impact Award, a prize dedicated to EU-funded projects that have created societal impact across Europe and beyond. The winning…
- Wednesday, 25.09.2019Industries that make intensive use of intellectual property rights (IPRs) such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright generate 45% of GDP (EUR 6.6 trillion) in the EU annually and…
- Tuesday, 24.09.2019The European Commission has announced the 10 projects to reach the final stages of the first Horizon Impact Award – a prize dedicated to EU-funded projects whose results have created societal…
- Tuesday, 24.09.2019How can the EU best support impactful, inclusive research and innovation partnerships with industry, member states and other stakeholders? Have your say and share your views on the 12 proposed…
- Friday, 20.09.2019The EUIPO has published its latest report on IP enforcement based on detentions made both at EU borders and in national markets within each member state. While other studies show a rising trend for…
- Thursday, 19.09.2019The present case study traces the journey of ALLWINTER Ltd., a young, visionary company active in the fast-growing snowboarding industry aiming to expand their business and build up a strong IP…
- Tuesday, 10.09.2019The lack of access to skills, latest knowledge and the capacity to manage innovation processes effectively have been identified as major barriers for innovation in SMEs. As a continuation of a pilot…
- Friday, 06.09.2019The UKIPO has published its report for the 2018-2019 period reporting on their role in promoting and supporting innovation and growth in the UK. This also reflects the importance of Intellectual…
- Thursday, 29.08.2019As required by Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (EU 2019/790) on the use of protected content by online content-sharing service providers, the European Commission…
- Tuesday, 27.08.2019Looking for an opportunity to solve pressing global challenges through innovation? Do you want to help Europe transition to a greener, healthier and more sustainable future? The European Institute…
- 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…