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The Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property has just published its action plan for the years 2023 to 2026. 

According to the latest patent landscape report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), India is one of the top five countries filing the highest number of patents related to COVID-19 therapeutics along with China the US, Republic of Korea, and Germany.

The latest patent landscape report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), provides early observations on the patenting activity which took place in the field of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

The European Commission (EC) has recently proposed new regulations on standard essential patents, compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations, and the revision of the legislation on supplementary protection certificates.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has launched a public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders and reflect their various points of view into the upcoming strategic plan (2024–2028).

The first-ever Quality Index for Latin American Patents has been published to evaluate the patent quality in Latin America.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently published the Patent Index 2022 which presents an overview of the European patent applications filed and European patents granted by the EPO last year.

The Andean opposition protocol for the management of Andean oppositions in trade mark matters came into operation on 1 March 2023.

German government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) with the Council of the European Union.

The consultation is open to all interested stakeholders and experts of the innovation ecosystem - and not limited to IP specialists.

European IP Helpdesk team is delighted to announce the lecture series “Patent Protection for EU Funding Beneficiaries” organised in co-operation with the European Patent Office (EPO).

European Patent Office (EPO) has just published a patent insight report on quantum computing summarizing the results of patent analyses in the field of quantum technologies.

European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have recently published a joint study analysing the innovation along hydrogen value chains.

The National Center of Registries from El Salvador (CNR), and the Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala (RPI), have both implemented the Harmonise Database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass. 

Indian patents are granted by Indian Patent Office, after examining the patent application filed by the applicant. This infographic reveals the crucial points of a patent search that will determine whether this examination may lead to the rejection of the application or to the grant of a patent.

On 25 November 2022, WIPO announced that Paraguay had deposited its accession to two Treaties: Vienna Agreement (entry into force: 25 February 2023), and Nairobi Treaty (entry into force: 25 December 2022). 

When a company seeks to invest in a foreign country it is fundamental to be aware of the differences between the intellectual property systems, in particular, if such a company is an SME. Discover the differences between Europe and India when protecting trade marks and geographical indications.

The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk has just published an infographic focused on the video games sector in the Argentinian country. 

Discover more about the new learning tool published by the European Patent Academy to support patent examiners of all European National Patent Offices in their self-learning path.