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EUIPO SME FUND 2023
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
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...
World Intellectual Property Indicators, WIPI
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has published 2022 edition of World Intellectual Property Indicators-WIPI that analyses the IP activities (Patents, Trademarks, Designs and Plant varieties) around the world during the 2021. The report presents strong...
Patent information for Clean Energy and Green Tech
In concomitance with the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the EPO has released some documental resources with a focus on sustainability. The first group of resources is a selection of some 60 smart patent information searches launched in Espacenet, addressing...
IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the EU
In October, a new update on the study ‘IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union ’ has been released, with the aim to highlight the impact and the strategic value of intellectual Property on the economy of the European Union.The study is...
New EPO study on recycling technologies for plastics
The European Patent Office has published a new study entitled ”Patents for tomorrow’s plastics -Global innovation trends in recycling, circular design and alternative sources”, concerning the analysis of patents trends and statistics over the period 2010-2019 that are...
Academic Research Program by European Patent Office EPO
The European Patent Office has published its call for proposals for Academic Research Programme (ARP): the EPO will support collaborative research with scientific partner institutions.Under the programme, grants of up to EUR 150 000 will be awarded per research area...
Economic impact of COVID-19 crisis in IPR-intensive industries
A recent research study carried out by EUIPO analyses the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on industries that use intellectual property rights (IPRs) including trade marks, designs, patents and copyright, intensively. Although IPR-intensive industries have...
New EPO-IEA study highlights need to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies
A new joint study published by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that the number of patents for inventions related to low-carbon energy technologies around the world grew by an average rate of 3.3% per year in the 2017-19...
EPO Patent Index 2020
The European Patent Office-EPO has published the annual statistical report on the patent filings. Innovations in Healthcare drove patent activity in 2020: inventions in medical technology achieved the first position (almost 14.300 applications, with an increase of...
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