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Government agencies and an industry group are seeing intellectual property (IP) protection as fundamental for the resurgence of local textiles and in shaping up the fashion industry toward global competitiveness.

According to the latest patent landscape report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), India is one of the top five countries filing the highest number of patents related to COVID-19 therapeutics along with China the US, Republic of Korea, and Germany.

This week in the news, singer Ed Sheeran faces U.S. copyright trial over “Let’s get it on” and a recent decision of the General Court.

Every month, European IP Helpdesk team introduces you to a member of our regional intellectual property (IP) Ambassadors. This month, Björn Jürgens who is from the Agency of Innovation and Development of Andalusia (AGENCIA IDEA), Spain.

The latest patent landscape report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), provides early observations on the patenting activity which took place in the field of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

The European Commission (EC) has recently proposed new regulations on standard essential patents, compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations, and the revision of the legislation on supplementary protection certificates.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has launched a public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders and reflect their various points of view into the upcoming strategic plan (2024–2028).

According to research results published by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), there has been a consistent increase in the number of female brand owners and inventors in Singapore.

The Philippines has remained to keep out of the Special 301 Report’s watchlist for the 10th consecutive year while also garnering positive recognition for its efforts to raise intellectual property (IP) awareness on national and local levels.

Researchers and innovators came together for EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023 to share experiences, talk about current issues and trends, and showcase potential for valorisation to a wide variety of stakeholders.

The European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have announced an extension of the Ideas Powered for business SME Fund 2023. This year the Fund will cover the costs patent and community plant variety protection.

In occasion of the World IP Day, we spoke with Catherine Heng Yee Huynh, a bi-cultural and enthusiastic Intellectual Property Law and Data Privacy lawyer based in Paris, France.

The International IP SME Helpdesks have joined forces hereby to address this issue by supporting women innovators in unlocking their innovative ideas. To do so, the Helpdesks have compiled initiatives being carried out by countries and IP national offices to support women in their IP journey.

This week in the news, Lidl wins trademark lawsuit against Tesco over discount logo and Netlist wins a computer-memory patent lawsuit against Samsung.

The eleventh edition of the "International IP Index" benchmarking the intellectual property (IP) framework in 55 global economies across 50 unique indicators, has recently been published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) reported that the number of women inventors filing patents in Chile increased by 27% in 2022.

On 24 February 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) published the Measures for the Standard Contract for Outbound Transfer of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") and its annexes.

IP in a Downturn: In-house IP teams are coming under pressure to find efficiencies as the economy slows.

The broad consensus among economic forecasters is that the world is headed for a slowdown. It’s just not yet clear how widespread or how bad it will be.

This week in the news, Adidas backtracks on opposition to Black Lives Matter and Google wins a patent appeal.