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A musical World IP Day
On 26 April, World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated around the world. This year’s theme is music and has the title “Get up, stand up. For music.” Activities will be…
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Two important decisions from the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) at the EPO has just decided in two important cases. G 3/14: Decision of the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on clarity in opposition…
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Samsung filed the most European patent applications 2014
Korean electronics company Samsung filed the highest number of patent applications – 2,541 – at the European Patent Office (EPO) last year. Samsung was followed by the European technology groups…
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LEGO most powerful brand according to new ranking
The Brand Finance Global 500 list ranks the world’s most valuable and powerful brands. In this year’s edition of the list, Apple remains at the number one spot as the…
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USA and Japan join international design protection system
USA and Japan have joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. This means that designers will get easier access to design protection in two of the…
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Norway joined the London agreement
On 1 January 2015, the London agreement entered into force in Norway. This means that it is no longer necessary to translate European patents in order to validate the patents…
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European patents in Morocco from March 2015
Starting on 1 March 2015, anyone filing a European patent application will be able to request validation for Morocco. European applications and patents validated for Morocco will have the same…
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Increasing number of patent filings to EPO
According to preliminary data from the European Patent Office (EPO), the number of patent filings received by the office last year increased by around 3% to more than 273 000….
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17 West African countries enter international trademark system
The Madrid system, which now covers more than 100 countries, is a cost-effective way of protecting brands and trademarks in the international arena. By filing a single application it is…
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US university auctions patents
Over the last 10 years, some 400 patents have been issued to Penn State. Only about half of them have been licensed to companies that want to commercialise the patents….