WIPO Green to fight against plastic pollution

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...
WIPO statistic report 2023

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

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

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...
The Future of Industrial Strategies

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...