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Newsletter archive | Bulletin archive
| Date | Title | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 19.03.2013 | Euroclass becomes TMclass | The Euroclass tool has changed its name to TMclass, a tool developed by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) to assist trade mark applicants classifying goods and services.... |
| Thursday, 14.03.2013 | EPO Advisory Board recommendations for improving the patent system | The Economic and Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) of the European Patent Office (EPO) published its recommendations for improving the patent system.According to the EPO, the Board points out that... |
| Tuesday, 12.03.2013 | Agreement on customs enforcement of intellectual property rights | The Council of the European Union reached a political agreement on a draft regulation aimed at strengthening the conditions and procedures for action by EU customs authorities with regard to the... |
| Thursday, 07.03.2013 | IP strategy and management in an SME | The European IPR Helpdesk is pleased to release a new case study showing a good example of an SME that has developed efficient IP strategy and management practices. The case put forward the idea that... |
| Thursday, 07.03.2013 | EPO annual report shows new record in patent filing | The number of patent filings at the European Patent Office (EPO) originating from the 38 EPO member states reached a new peak in 2012, beating the previous record set in 2008."The growth of... |
| Thursday, 07.03.2013 | Bulgaria joins the Unified Patent Court agreement | Bulgaria has become the 25th signatory state to the Unified Patent Court agreement. The first 24 member states signed on 19 February.For more information, please click here.Comment this article on... |
| Tuesday, 05.03.2013 | European Commission study on the value of EU geographical indications | Geographical indications (GIs), a type of intellectual property right, are considered as indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in... |
| Tuesday, 05.03.2013 | Background in FP7 projects | Participants in FP7 projects are encouraged to deal with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) since the beginning of the preparation of their proposals. As collaborative research and development... |
| Thursday, 28.02.2013 | EU Commission proposal for revision the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) | The European Commission has opened a public consultation regarding the revision of rules on technology transfer agreements with a view to changing the existing exemptions.The Commission may impose... |
| Tuesday, 26.02.2013 | The European Trade Mark and Design Network | The European Trade Mark and Design Network brings together the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM) and National Intellectual Property Offices in the EU member states, aiming at... |
| Thursday, 21.02.2013 | Agreement on Unified Patent Court signed | The international agreement for establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was signed on Tuesday, February 19, in Brussels by 25 Member States. While Bulgaria is expected to sign in the coming days... |
| Thursday, 21.02.2013 | New IP App for small businesses | The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have launched in partnership with Swansea University and Intellectual Property (IP) Wales, an IP App aimed at Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to help... |
| Tuesday, 19.02.2013 | Poland will not sign the new legislation on the Unified Patent Court | Polish officials have declared that will not sign the new regulation on the Unified Patent Court, after having declared some months ago their support on this new tool.The main concerns of Polish... |
| Wednesday, 13.02.2013 | EU IPR Helpdesk webinars: new courses in March | We continue our series of web-based training courses with two more webinars in March. This time the focus will be on aspects related to IP management and business planning with IP. Interested?... |
| Tuesday, 12.02.2013 | IP PANORAMA new module on "IP Issues in Franchising" | IP Panorama, a “Joint Development of E-learning Content” developed by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), and the World... |
| Thursday, 07.02.2013 | EC launches copyright “Licences for Europe” initiative | “Technology and copyright can go together”, said Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission (EC) responsible for the Digital Agenda in a speech given earlier this week in... |
| Tuesday, 05.02.2013 | Mediation on private copying and reprography levies: recommendations now available | In 2012, António Vitorino, former Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, had discussions with key stakeholder on private copying and reprography levies. These dialogues had two main objectives:to... |
| Tuesday, 05.02.2013 | Launch of new EU IPR Helpdesk webinar series 2013 | The EU IPR Helpdesk team kicks off its series of web-based training courses in 2013 with two first webinars in February. Should you be interested in deepening your knowledge in the field of IP and... |
| Tuesday, 05.02.2013 | Knowledge Transfer From Public Research Organisations | The European Parliament commissioned a study on the role of the Knowledge Transfer Offices within Public Research Organisations in knowledge transfer. The study analyses the practices in European... |
| Tuesday, 05.02.2013 | Commercialising Intellectual Property: Joint Ventures | “Commercialising IP” is a series of fact sheets aiming to provide an introduction to the forms of commercialisation that can be useful for less advanced public likely to be involved in... |
