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This week in the news, Nintendo and LaLiga step up their anti-piracy efforts

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published a Patent Landscape Report that provides observations on patenting activity and scientific publications in the field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

European Patent Office (EPO) is organising the second edition of CodeFest to explore the transformative potential of generative artificial intelligence in deriving new insights from patent data.

The European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), released every year since 2001, offers a comparative evaluation of the research and innovation (R&I) achievements among European Union (EU) Member States, neighbouring European nations, and selected global competitors.

This week in the news, we focus on two trade mark cases of the General Court, case T-312/23 and case T-343/23

Data Protection in Mexico

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) introduced its first Youth Empowerment Strategy, named IP-YES!

Last week, the European Commission has published the 2024 edition of the Science, Research and Innovation (R&I) Performance report (SRIP). The report finds that EU investments in R&I have increased over the past two decades.

Peru and Mexico signed WIPO's treaty on IP, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

This week in the news, we look at two trade mark cases involving the Tour de France and Google.

Social media platforms have revolutionised communication, connection, and information sharing. Despite the vast opportunities for engagement and expression that social media offers, it also presents numerous legal challenges, particularly related to intellectual property (IP) rights.

Collaboration between the SEA IP SME Helpdesk and the SEPT Competence Center

On 17 - 18 June, the European IP Helpdesk joined forces with the University of Split, a member of the Croatian Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) consortium, and organised a two-day training summit for the European IP Helpdesk Ambassadors.

The European Commission has designated 151 regions as Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs) under the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA).

INPI Brazil nears the limit of PPH applications for 2024

European IP Helpdesk team just published a brand-new case study showcasing the journey of LAM’ON, a Bulgarian start-up company developing bio-based and industrially compostable laminating films and flexible packaging foils.

An EU-funded initiative seeks to boost equity investments by private individuals in small companies in Eastern Europe, aiming to increase the capital flow necessary for deep tech start-ups to scale.

The India IP SME Helpdesk team has published a brand-new factsheet focusing on the standard-essential patents (SEPs) framework in India. This factsheet also highlights the challenges in the domain of SEPs, as well as other IP-related challenges.

Last week, European IP Helpdesk team participated in the Global Innovation Summit in Istanbul together with the Impact Licensing Initiative, The Data Thank, Vlannderen Red Cross and Eureka Network to discuss use of the Impact Licensing (IL) as a concept for the technology licensing in the crises.