EUIPO

The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB), with the support of the EUIPO’s European cooperation project ECP1, has improved the e-filing and e-services tools available for its users. It did so by integrating these tools with the Register of Legal Entities and the Register of Addresses. [#item_full_content]...

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, held a virtual meeting with the President of the Directive Council of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Propriety (INPI), Ana Bandeira. [#item_full_content]...

Every picture tells a story and the EUIPO’s is one of accessible IP registration services for EU businesses, whether large or small. [#item_full_content]...

The Portuguese IP office (INPI) is organising a virtual high-level conference on Intellectual Property and Digital Transition, on 11 February 2021. [#item_full_content]...

On 8 February, Mr Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Mr Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the EUIPO, held a virtual high-level meeting to endorse the new EUIPO-WIPO Work Programme for 2021 and to discuss recent developments of both organisations. [#item_full_content]...

By effectively protecting their intellectual property, innovative companies can secure financing, grow, collaborate and create value. But how does owning intellectual property rights (IPRs) impact their performance? [#item_full_content]...

The biannual European Cooperation technical visits are taking place between 1-19 February 2021, in a virtual format. [#item_full_content]...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted and disrupted human societies. The first months of the pandemic provoked sharp decreases in the overall demand for the EUIPO’s main products. However, a robust recovery trend in EUTM filings, beginning in June 2020 and primarily led by a significant increase in Chinese demand, has mitigated the initial […]...

The aim of Alicante News is to provide up-to-date information on EUIPO-related matters, as well as on other general IP issues, to the users of the EU trade mark and design registration systems. [#item_full_content]...

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