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As part of an awareness campaign on intellectual property (IP) protection in South-East Asia (SEA), we are gathering insights from IP experts across the 10 ASEAN countries. The interview will help highlight country-specific IP challenges and provide practical advice to support European SMEs.

On 30 January, the European Commission adopted the 2026 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report.

European IP Helpdesk team just released a new IP Special to support businesses, designers, and innovators in navigating the updated EU design protection framework following the current Design Reform.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), supported by the European Commission and the intellectual property offices of EU Member States, has launched the SME Fund 2026.

A new joint study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) highlights the substantial contribution that intellectual property rights (IPR)–intensive industries make to the European economy, employment, and international trade.

The European Commission has released a study evaluating how selected provisions of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) are applied in practice.

The negative award “Plagiarius” marked its 50th anniversary on 6 February 2026, once again drawing public attention to the persistent problem of product and brand piracy and its damaging impact on the economy, the environment, and consumers.

Brazil’s intellectual property landscape underwent meaningful modernization in 2025, marked by record filing activity, an updated regulatory framework, procedural improvements, and relevant litigation cases across patents, trademarks, and other IP rights.

The European Union and India have concluded negotiations on a historic and ambitious free trade agreement (FTA), the largest ever reached by either party.

Mexico’s Supreme Court has confirmed that copyright registration requires human authorship and that moral rights belong only to natural persons.

The European IP Helpdesk took part in the Science for Industry Forum (S4i), held on 28–29 January in Madrid.

In Latin America, counterfeiting remains a significant challenge, and efforts to address it are often undermined by fragmented legal frameworks and uneven enforcement mechanisms.

As part of an awareness campaign on intellectual property (IP) protection in South-East Asia (SEA), we are gathering insights from IP experts across the 10 ASEAN countries. The interview will help highlight country-specific IP challenges and provide practical advice to support European SMEs.

By summarising the several developments of the trademark regulations in 2025, in the article, Mr. Paolo Beconcini, the external expert at the China IP SME Helpdesk shared his views concerning foreign trademark rights in China in 2026.

In this article, Mr Toby Mak, the external expert at China IP SME Helpdesk, shared his own observations concerning the latest 2025 Draft Amendment to the Trademark Law that was submitted to the NPC Standing Committee.

In November 2025, Nigeria officially launched its National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS), marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to modernise its intellectual property (IP) regime and enhance its role in intra-African trade and innovation.

As part of an awareness campaign on intellectual property (IP) protection in South-East Asia (SEA), we are gathering insights from IP experts across the 10 ASEAN countries. The interview will help highlight country-specific IP challenges and provide practical advice to support European SMEs.

The official statistics show that the INPI received significant increases across key IP categories in 2025.

After nearly two decades of negotiations, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of India have officially concluded a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a historic milestone that promises to reshape global commerce and redefine economic ties between two of the world’s largest markets.