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On 23 July 2024, Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024.
European Commission released the SME Performance Review Annual Report 2023/2024.
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Apply for the European Prize for Women Innovators by 25 September 2024!
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On 22 July 2024, Paraguay announced its decision on joining DesignClass.
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SAPI Venezuela re-establishes 6-month grace period for trade mark renewal applications
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This week, we focus on YouTube's updated tool for removing copyrighted music, and the dispute between Marc Jacobs and Nirvana over the 'smiley face' logo.
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India IP SME Helpdesk team just published two brand-new materials “Data Protection: The Regime in India” and “Guide to Geographical Indication Protection in India”.
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European Patent Office (EPO) has recently published a new study “Innovation in water-related technologies” that provides insights into trends in innovation in water-related technologies, aimed at both water provision and protection.
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The European Commission (EC) will organise the EU – India Matchmaking Event in the context of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024.
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In this blog post, we look at the use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT or Midjourney) for the creation of new content or works of art, and its implication from an IP perspective
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European Commission has recently launched two Policy Support Facility (PSF) Country Initiatives to support Ukraine and Czechia.
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The European IP Helpdesk team is excited to announce the "EU-13 Roadshow," a series of onsite events targeting user communities and stakeholders in the EU-13 or Widening countries.
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This week in the news, Nintendo and LaLiga step up their anti-piracy efforts
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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.
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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).
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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.
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On 2 July 2024, Nigerian and European business leaders, policymakers and institutional stakeholders converged in Abuja to identify and explore investment opportunities during the 9th European Union-Nigeria Business Forum, themed ‘Investing in Jobs and a Sustainable Future’.
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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
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Canada is joining the expanding group of non-EU countries that have associated with the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, and will collaborate on large-scale projects addressing our most significant challenges.