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All you need to know about Confidential Agreements, NDAs and/or Trade Secrets in Mexico

IMPI Mexico ranked ninth most innovative IP office

This week we look at two cases from the General Court of the European Union on designs and trade marks.

The Dominican Republic is no longer on the USTR's IP Watch List due to significant improvements in anti-piracy measures.

Today, the European Commission released a study focused on enhancing access to and reuse of research findings, encompassing publications and data for scientific endeavours.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published a strategy document that sets out a three-year strategic plan for WIPO in the field of Standard essential patents (SEPs).

The European Commission has just published the final report, providing a set of recommendations and a policy toolbox of programmes, measures, and good practices to strengthen knowledge valorisation in practice across Europe.

The Myanmar Intellectual Property Department (MIPD) commenced publication of trade mark applications on 1 May 2024. These applications have passed the examination stage. The publication is for opposition purposes under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019.

Brazil will re-evaluate advertising slogans as trade marks and the "secondary meaning" of trade marks

To celebrate 20th year of the 2004 enlargement and to show how valuable these countries’ contributions to Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem are, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) published new success stories picked one top venture from each of the EU-13 Member States.

Commission has recently published the European Research Area (ERA) Country Reports for all Member States and Associated Countries for the reporting year 2023, including those of the Western Balkan countries' integration into the ERA.

This year the European Parliament commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 2004 European Union (EU) Enlargement.

This week we look at a case from the Unified Patent Court on language changes in proceedings and a decision from the EU General Court on potentially similar trade marks.

On 4 May 2024, the Vietnamese government issued Decree No. 46/2024/ND-CP ("Decree 46") concerning penalties for administrative violations in industrial property.

Venezuela announces IP regime reforms

Indonesia has mandated trademark certificates for textile and footwear imports, motivated by the increasing circulation of imported goods in traditional markets and the increase in sales of imported goods via digital platforms (ecommerce).

Authorities from the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) and the Korea Copyright Protection Agency (KCOPA) collaborated to mount the Copyright Forum 2024 held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 26, 2024.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has earned the highest score across all nine (9) Performance Governance System (PGS) governance elements evaluated by the P&A Grant Thornton, the Office’s third-party auditor for its PGS journey.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released the most recent update of the Green EU trademarks report covering the data until December 2022.