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Newsletter archive | Bulletin archive
| Date | Title | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 18.06.2013 | LERU raises concerns on the IP rules within the Innovative Medicines Initiative | The League of European Research Universities (LERU) published an open letter, focused in particular on the Intellectual Property aspects of the rules within the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).... |
| Thursday, 13.06.2013 | European Parliament vote on customs regulation to better enforce intellectual property rights | Nearly 115 million pirated and counterfeit products were discovered by customs authorities in the EU in 2011, some of which pose a risk to health and safety. One way to protect EU markets and... |
| Thursday, 13.06.2013 | “Has the Commission ensured efficient implementation of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research?” | The European Court of Auditors (ECA) recently issued a special report entitled “Has the Commission ensured efficient implementation of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research?”. The... |
| Tuesday, 11.06.2013 | Free-of-charge Japanese-English machine translation for patents | Last week the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office announced the launch of the Japanese-English machine translation within the EPO's automatic translation service Patent Translate.... |
| Thursday, 06.06.2013 | Europe and China agree to use the same patent classification system (CPC) | This week the European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the area... |
| Tuesday, 04.06.2013 | IP joint ownership | Joint ownership often arises in connection with collaborative innovation and is of particular relevance to EU-funded programmes, joint ventures and more generally to any research project involving... |
| Tuesday, 04.06.2013 | International patenting strategies in ICT | The European ICT Poles of Excellence (EIPE) research project at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies is investigating the issues of growth, jobs and innovation, which have become main... |
| Thursday, 30.05.2013 | European Inventor Award 2013 | At the annual ceremony held this year in Amsterdam, the European Patent Office announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2013, which honours outstanding inventors for their contribution to... |
| Tuesday, 28.05.2013 | EU IPR Helpdesk Webinars in June | Two more EU IPR Helpdesk webinars in June!The EU IPR Helpdesk team continues its series of webinars with two additional courses in June. On the training agenda this time: 1) How to deal with IP in... |
| Tuesday, 28.05.2013 | European patents and the grant procedure | If you want to know more about European patents, the grant procedure and tips on what to consider before filing an application, then do check the latest publication of the European Patent Office (EPO... |
| Thursday, 23.05.2013 | Nearly 2 million patent applications filed at the five largest IP offices in 2012 | Some 1.98 million patent applications were filed at the world's five largest patent offices last year, according to preliminary data just released by the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan... |
| Thursday, 23.05.2013 | Does the Patent Cooperation Treaty work? | The European ICT Poles of Excellence (EIPE) research project at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies is investigating the issues of growth, jobs and innovation, which have become main... |
| Thursday, 16.05.2013 | Webinar: patent portfolio management with Ipscore | This online training is focused on patent portfolio management with Ipscore. In this training course the trainer also highlights the different valuation methods.This training is free of charge and... |
| Tuesday, 14.05.2013 | IP Tradeportal | The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) has developed a portal with the purpose of helping businesses better exploit their knowledge by trading their intellectual property (IP) rights. On the... |
| Tuesday, 07.05.2013 | Commercialising Intellectual Property: Spin-offs | “Commercialising IP” is a series of fact sheets aiming to provide an introduction to the forms of commercialisation that can be useful for a less advanced public likely to be involved in... |
| Thursday, 02.05.2013 | Commercialising Intellectual Property: Licence Agreements | We are pleased to inform you that the European IPR Helpdesk has produced a new fact sheet dealing with commercial licence agreements.This booklet is a follow-up to the “Commercialising IP... |
| Thursday, 02.05.2013 | China’s efforts to fight copyright infringement | In January this year Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan called for more efforts to fight copyright infringement and counterfeit products. Following a campaign against online piracy the authorities... |
| Thursday, 25.04.2013 | EU IPR Helpdesk Webinars in May | Join the EU IPR Helpdesk webinars in May!Interested in learning more about licensing, including negotiation tips and legal traps? Or would you like to deepen your knowledge of Technology Transfer?... |
| Thursday, 18.04.2013 | The CJ dismissed the Spain and Italy actions against the enhanced cooperation for the unitary patent | In 2011, Spain and Italy brought actions before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) claiming that the Council of the European Union, by authorising the enhanced cooperation procedure,... |
| Monday, 15.04.2013 | World IP day: let’s celebrate! | The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) members have designated April 26 as the World Intellectual Property Day.Every year many events are organised all over the European Union to... |
