The European Commission published today its biennial Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in third countries.

On 17 May 2023, the Commission put forward proposals for the most ambitious and comprehensive reform of the EU Customs Union since its establishment in 1968.

The High Court stated that the FM channels would be restrained from using copyrighted music if they fail to pay the royalties to Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) which has been fighting for performers' and creators' rights for decades.

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal on the regulation for geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products.

TMclass helps you to search for and classify Goods and Services (terms) needed to apply for trade mark protection. You can also translate a list of Goods and Services and verify if those terms appear in the classification databases of the Participating Offices.

The winners will be revealed at a ceremony streamed from Valencia on 4 July and the announcement voting for the Popular Prize begins.

Industrial research and development (R&D) organisations in Europe have criticised the European Commission's new patent regulations.

Southeast Asia’s remarkable growth as a destination for foreign investment—including a 42 percent increase in 2021, according to a joint ASEAN-UNCTAD report—has brought with it innovation as well as the desire to protect that innovation.

Joining forces with the European IP Helpdesk team, the European Patent Office (EPO) has published two new case studies illustrating the role of intellectual property (IP) for successful technology transfer processes.