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WIPO Green to fight against plastic pollution
WIPO Green publishes the article 'Beating Plastics Pollution Through Global Cooperation and Innovation' on the fight against plastic pollution. The article cites various studies and investigations on the current consumption of plastic material, the quantities of...
EPO Report on patents against cancer
The European Patent Office-EPO has published the statistical report 'Patents and innovation against cancer' on patents for the fight against cancer. The report is also released with the aim of contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3-Health and Wellbeing...
WIPO statistic report 2023
WIPO has published statistics for 2023 regarding IP titles at an international level. Regarding international PCT patent applications, for the first time in 14 years, there was a slight decrease in the number of filings of international PCT applications, 272,600...
Stimulating University-Industry collaboration
At the beginning of March, the European Commission published in the form of recommendations two codes of practice for University-Industry co-creation and citizen involvement initiatives on the issues of knowledge valorization. This is a set of indications to follow in...
EPO Patent Index 2023
The European Patent Office-EPO has published the EPO Patent Index 2023, i.e. the statistical analysis of patent activities at the office referring to 2023. In 2023, the EPO received 199,275 patent applications, an absolute record to date, which is 2.9% more than in...
EPO’s Patent index 2022
EPO has just published the annual report on European patent applications and granted patents filed in 2022. The number of patent applications filed in 2022 has grown by 2,5% respect 2021, achieving the new maximum of 193.460 filings. The United States, Germany, Japan,...
WIPO – 2022 Statistics report
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 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
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
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...
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