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Thanks to the joint efforts of both IP Key Latin America and the EUIPO, the Mexican Institute of IP (IMPI) has just found common grounds with the criteria listed under the EUIPO's Common Communication (CP6) — Convergence on graphic representations of designs - Common Communication.

European IP Helpdesk team is happy to introduce you the ambassador of this month: Merit Fimberg-Espuch from Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

With more than 400 Geographical Indications (GIs) registered, campaign aims to raise awareness of the value and benefits of IP protection through GIs.

Nowadays global trade and exchange of information triggered the creation of a vast number of breakthrough technologies which derived in new fast growing high-tech sectors. Keeping the pace with this exponential evolution at a policy level is a challenge India intends to tackle promptly.

Case law from the General Court and recent Court decision over Lindt’s Easter bunny.

The 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) has just been published by the European Commission. The scoreboeard shows that innovation performance has increased for the whole EU by about 10% since 2015.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has just published a booklet that aims to provide users of the Unitary Patent with an overview of the most important provisions of the relevant national law in the Member States participating in the Unitary Patent scheme.

WIPO has just published its yearly Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022, now in its 15th Edition. This Index summarizes what is the curent state of the Innovation globally, ranking 132 countries. 

The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights recently published the latest edition of the Intellectual Property SME Scoreboard, do not miss the insights provided in this publication.

Trademarks are an essential tool to distinguish all sorts of goods and services in the market. Yet, one crucial characteristic these signs need is that they must be “distinctive”.