WIPO – 2022 Statistics report

WIPO – 2022 Statistics report

by | Apr 10, 2023 | News

Despite the economic uncertainty at the global level, the number of international patent application PCT has slightly increased with respect to 2021, by 0,3%, reaching 278.100 filings. China, the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Germany are the more...
The Future of Industrial Strategies

The Future of Industrial Strategies

by | Mar 7, 2023 | News

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge’s Industrial Innovation Policy Group, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization-UNIDO, has identified five grand challenges for companies and governments to work on to address...
Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court

Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court

by | Mar 1, 2023 | News

On 17th February, Germany deposited the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). The step marks the successful completion of the necessary ratification procedures by the participating EU member states for the Unitary Patent Package to become...
WIPO IP DAY 2023

WIPO IP DAY 2023

by | Feb 28, 2023 | News

Next 26th of April World Intellectual Property Day will take place with the aim to raise awareness at a global scale on public media and SMEs on the fundamental role of Intellectual Property to steer innovation, creativity, business growth, and sustainable development...
EUIPO SME FUND 2023

EUIPO SME FUND 2023

by | Feb 28, 2023 | News

For the third year, the European Commission with the support of the European Intellectual Property Office and National Patent Offices launches the SME Fund: a grant scheme to European SMEs for protecting their intellectual property rights (IPRs): trademarks, designs,...
WIPO publishes Green Technology Book

WIPO publishes Green Technology Book

by | Dec 10, 2022 | News

In concomitance with the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), at the beginning of November, WIPO has published the report ‘Green Technology Book’.   The Green Technology Book focuses on available solutions for climate-change...