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European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have recently published a joint study analysing the innovation along hydrogen value chains.

Adidas loses trial over three-stripes trade mark. Decision from the EUIPO Examination Division.

Recent case law from the General Court. The UKIPO guidelines on password sharing of online streaming services.

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) have signed a letter of intent to ensure the right support for key technologies.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) jointly published a factual document “EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: Results at the EU border and in the EU internal market, 2021”.

Official forms relating to the early uptake of the Unitary Patent are now available on the European Patent Office (EPO) website.

Brazil deposited its adhesion to the Hague Agreement protocol for the International Registration of Industrial Designs

The Grand Board of Appeal of the EUIPO issued the “Iceland” case ruling. The CJEU ruled on Amazon's liability in the Louboutin case.

New monthly blog post on Intellectual Property Rights in major sports events.

The India IP SME Helpdesk wishes to everyone a very happy 2023 and takes the opportunity to look back on the two years since its inception and all that has been accomplished!

Case law from the General Court and a legal dispute over 5G patents.

The National Center of Registries from El Salvador (CNR), and the Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala (RPI), have both implemented the Harmonise Database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass. 

Pfizer and BioNtech countersue Moderna over Covid-19 vaccine. Advocate General’s Opinion in case Legea C-686/21

As of 12 December 2022, the National Service of Intellectual Property and Quality of São Tomé and Príncipe (SENAPIQ-STP) will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass.

The European Commission welcomes adoption of the Council Recommendation on the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation and invites stakeholders to joing awareness campaign in 2023.

High-growth technology business (HTB) conference, held on 21 and 22 November, gave decision-makers in technology and growth-driven enterprises, and especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), an opportunity to learn more about how intellectual property (IP) can support their business.

Collaborative R&I is a major driver for innovation, and India one of the up-and-coming economies in the world, as well as a growing player in the world of innovation.

In this Blog Post we have a look at framework applicable to Europe-India joint R&D activities.

A document on Vietnam’s participation in the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled has been handed over to Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)...

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and Cooperativeve Vereniging SNB - React U.A (React) in Asia-Pacific, an anti-counterfeiting network, on December 8...