24 July 2023 Click image to enlarge Following the launch of the Unitary Patent system on 1 June 2023, the European Patent Office (EPO) today has published a dashboard that reveals the leading sources of requests for unitary effect, as…
17 July 2023 A delegation from the European Patent Office (EPO) has met with counterparts from national patent offices from around the world in the margins of the General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.…
By James Nurton, freelance writer The worldwide value of intangible assets grew from USD 61 trillion in 2019 to USD 74 trillion in 2021, according to the Brand Finance Global Intangible Finance Tracker. In addition, Ocean Tomo research has found that intangible…
17 July 2023 The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Patent Institute (epi) are pleased to announce the inclusion of epi as part of the European delegation to the IP5 Industry, alongside BusinessEurope. This collaboration comes as both organisations…
4 July 2023 The European Patent Office (EPO) today announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2023. During a ceremony streamed from Valencia, the EPO revealed the winners in five Award categories and in the Young Inventors Prize.…
3 July 2023 The European Patent Office (EPO) has published the results of its biennial User Satisfaction Surveys (USS) for 2022 The latest round of independent surveys indicates high satisfaction levels with the EPO’s core services – search, examination…
3 July 2023 With the launch of MyEPO Portfolio in June 2022, the European Patent Office (EPO) laid the foundations for a modern and secure online patent granting procedure (PGP). The platform does not simply translate the paper-based procedure into…
28 June 2023 The European Patent Office (EPO) published its Annual Review 2022 today, complemented by a video featuring highlights from the past 18 months. Together, they tell a story of a commitment to provide innovators with the highest quality products and…
26 June 2023 Recent exchanges with users have continued to provide direct feedback on the development of the European patent system and helped to further develop a common understanding of quality. The exchanges took place in the framework of the…
22 June 2023 As of today, users can access a refreshed version of the database of decisions from the Boards of Appeal. The update is both visual and technical: we have changed the underlying search engine and upgraded the way…
