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- Thursday, 25.06.2020Earlier this week, the European Commission released the European Innovation Scoreboard 2020, which shows that Europe's innovation performance continues to improve across the EU, for the second year…
- Thursday, 18.06.2020This European Commission study analyses the IP implications of the development of industrial 3D printing clarifying how the existing IP framework brings protection to IP rights holders. It identifies…
- Tuesday, 16.06.2020The COVID-19 crisis has had a severe impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union, threatening massive job losses and closures. In the light of these challenges, the…
- Monday, 15.06.2020The Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have teamed up for a special issue of "les Nouvelles" - the journal of the LESI - shedding light on the…
- Monday, 15.06.2020New report on the interconnection between IPR crime and other types of serious crimes: On 10 June 2020, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Europol have published a joint…
- Monday, 15.06.2020IP4Teen is a project supported by the EUIPO, that seeks to raise awareness among European teenagers about the value of intellectual property as well as about the risks associated to piracy and the…
- Thursday, 04.06.2020Design rights are exclusive rights that protect the appearance of a product, or a part of it, provided it is new and has individual character that sets it apart from any pre-existing designs that…
- Tuesday, 02.06.2020What can you do on social media? Most of the content that you will come across is protected by copyright (e.g. pictures, videos, music). The fact that it is publicly available online, however, does…
- Tuesday, 02.06.2020The European Commission has recently released their Research and Innovation Performance report with an analysis of the EU's Science, Research and Innovation Performance. The report includes 11…
- Tuesday, 02.06.2020On 14 May 2020, the highest legal body of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Enlarged Board of Appeal, ruled that “plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are…
- Tuesday, 02.06.2020New online service by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): WIPO PROOF iprovides tamper-proof evidence to prove the existence of a digital asset by creating a date- and time-stamped…
- Wednesday, 27.05.2020The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has published a call for tenders regarding IP pre-diagnosis services for Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe participants. The…
- Wednesday, 27.05.2020The European Commission is funding a service to provide specialised, professional IP advice to European Universities and Public Research Organisations. Are you: Generating high-quality research, and…
- Monday, 18.05.2020The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new tool that tracks COVID-19 related IP policy changes or other measures being implemented by WIPO member states in their response…
- Tuesday, 05.05.2020The European Commission has announced new developments regarding the Implementation Strategy of its upcoming R&I framework programme Horizon Europe. The rules and simplification measures put in…
- Wednesday, 29.04.2020The European Commission has released a new study on products under Geographical Indication (GI) status. According to the study, sales of GI-protected food and drink products are worth €75bn. The…
- Wednesday, 29.04.2020PATENTSCOPE contains over 83 million patent and related documents to enable comprehensive searching of patent information and has features such as multi-lingual search capabilities and an automatic…
- Thursday, 23.04.2020Climate, health and digitalisation are a key part of the European Commission's priorities. Research and innovation is a driving force that will support the transition towards a more sustainable…
- Thursday, 23.04.2020Trademarks are one of several intellectual property rights that help protect and enhance your brands. They help consumers identify products and services with the entity from which they originate.…
- Monday, 20.04.2020Taking your business international can be quite challenging and may entail a number of risks, especially for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It may be intimidating to properly address all…