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- Tuesday, 25.02.2020The European Commission is currently running a brief study on the European IP Helpdesk's and international IP Helpdesks' websites. We would very much appreciate if you could take a couple of minutes…
- Monday, 24.02.2020Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing fast. It will change our lives by improving healthcare (e.g. making diagnosis more precise, enabling better prevention of diseases), increasing the…
- Friday, 21.02.2020Now in their third edition, the DesignEuropa Awards celebrate excellence in design and design management among Registered Community Design (RCD) holders. Organised every two years by the European…
- Thursday, 20.02.2020The European Patent Office (EPO) has released a series of expert statements recorded at the 2019 High-Growth Technology Business Conference in Dublin in November 2019. This conference, jointly held…
- Monday, 10.02.2020Plagiarisms and counterfeits are neither a compliment nor harmless trivialities.Often produced cheaply and under inhuman working conditions, they sometimes cause damage to innovative manufacturers…
- Monday, 10.02.2020News from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances gained a key 30th member, allowing entry into force of the international agreement…
- Thursday, 06.02.2020How can SMEs use intellectual property to their advantage? And how can they adapt their business models and develop the IP management capabilities they need? As part of a book about how today’s…
- Thursday, 06.02.2020Following a meeting about the preparations to implement the Unitary Patent package, the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Chair and members of the executive group of the Unified…
- Thursday, 06.02.2020Following their adoption by the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office on 12 December 2019, the newest edition of the Guidelines for Examination of EU Trademarks and…
- Tuesday, 28.01.2020Artificial intelligence has entered into the sphere of creativity and ingenuity. Recent headlines refer to paintings produced by machines, music performed or composed by algorithms or drugs…
- Monday, 27.01.2020Members of the five largest IP offices (IP5) – the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the China National Intellectual…
- Monday, 27.01.2020The European Patent Office (EPO) has published first results from its Academic Research Programme with new insights into the patent system. The Programme was launched in 2017 to encourage more…
- Wednesday, 22.01.2020Unlike other creative industries, video games draw on the worlds of both technology and creativity. In this IP-intensive industry, IP rights are associated both with the tools used to develop games…
- Wednesday, 15.01.2020The European Commission has published its biannual Report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries (Third Country Report). The Third Country Report…
- Tuesday, 14.01.2020Every year, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) carries out a satisfaction survey to identify goals and priorities for improvement, as well as to assess how satisfied users are…
- Friday, 20.12.20197.5% of SMEs that own EU trade marks (EUTMs) licensed them to others between 2013-2017, according to a new EUIPO report. The average annual revenue from licensing EUTMs during the same period is…
- Monday, 16.12.2019The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a public consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and IP policy. The goal is to develop a list of issues concerning the…
- Monday, 16.12.2019The EUIPO recently published its “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union” report, which is based on data on access to pirated music, film and TV programmes in all 28 Member States for…
- Monday, 16.12.2019After two consultation periods, which aimed at collecting feedback and ideas from stakeholders and the European Commission, the new Strategic Plan 2025 (SP2025) of EUIPO was approved by the…
- Monday, 09.12.2019The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has announced a new artificial intelligence-based technology to search for similar-looking trade marks and designs. eSearch plus uses image…