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International IP SME Helpdesks' Stakeholders Conference Explores Role of Intellectual Property in SMEs' Global Ventures.

The Horizon IP Scan team published a Study Report aiming to analyse and summarise the main results and lessons learnt from the provision of Horizon IP Scan services. The Report is available in the EC Publication Office.

Brazil's INPI and the USPTO discuss the Lisbon Agreement

Indonesia is a multicultural country with diverse ethnicities, cultures, and religions, leading to a wealth of cultural creations, knowledge, and traditions.

It has come to our attention that Meta users have been receiving messages from various accounts claiming to be either from the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Office (IEO) or Meta.

In 2017, Thailand welcomed the Madrid Protocol system with high hopes for streamlining international trade mark registration. However, the journey has been more complex than anticipated. Let's explore the key challenges we’ve observed since its implementation.

With a population of 278 million, Indonesia remains an important market for many businesses. Every year, the country receives around 100,000 domestic trade mark applications and the number has been growing in the past five years.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) Bureau of Patents (BOP) is intensifying efforts to expand its skills in examining complex and emerging industrial designs (ID).

This week in the news, we focus on a copyright case involving Mango's NFT exhibition, and an EU General Court decision on genuine use of a trade mark

The DESCA (Development of a Simplified Consortium Agreement) 2.0 Consortium Agreement model was recently published in Brussels, with representatives from the European Commission and various stakeholders from across Europe in attendance.

Copyright registrations at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) soared in 2023, marking a record-high that signifies increased awareness of the importance of copyright registration.

WIPO and The General Secretariat of the Andean Community presented a new manual for trade mark examination in the Andean Community

European Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk consortium kicks off the new activities for the new contractual period.

This week, two recent CJEU decisions on Zara and Audi trade marks relating to a similar question: when can someone use another company’s trade mark to identify the purpose of their own goods and services?

Read the latest updates in Brazil regarding patent applications.

European IP Helpdesk team just published a new IP Special covering a set of useful material focusing on important aspects of impact licensing.

On 29 January 2024, the Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala (RPI-GT) announced its decision on joining DesignClass. With that decision, Guatemala will then begin to adopt the Harmonised Database of Product Indications (HDBPI) list of terms in DesignClass.

The latest study from the European Patent Office (EPO) reveals a 70% increase in inventions targeting cancer between 2015 and 2021, as evidenced by the number of international patent families (IPFs).

Together with the European IP Helpdesk Ambassadors scheme and members of the core group of the EEN Single Market Thematic Group, European IP Helpdesk published a brand new guide “IP Handbook: Providing IP Guidance Through the EEN Client Journey”.