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The European IP Helpdesk team has recently released a new Bulletin on Open Innovation. With this edition, we explore the evolution of Open Innovation approaches and practices over the years, while also examining the complex relationship between Open Innovation and IP management.

This week in the news, YouTube blocks music by popular artists, and Starlink steps up anti-piracy efforts.

The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) led the discussion on how IP contributes to sustainable growth and development. 

In June 2024, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission commissioned a study to assess the state of play of the application of the Trade Secrets Directive (TSD) in practice.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks the world's top economies by their innovation capabilities. A common trait among the highest-ranking countries is the presence of strong science and technology (S&T) clusters. Brazil stands as the only top 100 S&T cluster in Latin America.

In this post we have a look at a trade mark dispute between involving the Lennon name, and Nintendo’s efforts to enforce its patent rights against the Palworld game

Uruguay's accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty is now a reality. The National Directorate of Intellectual Property (DINAPI) has announced that, on 7 October, the country will deposit its instrument of accession with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The Global Innovation Index 2024 (GII) provides a snapshot of innovation within a context of steady yet slow global economic growth, reduced innovation financing, and stagnant productivity.

On 20 September, the Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and the European Patent Office (EPO) signed a Letter of Intent to enhance their cooperation in knowledge valorisation and further promote efficient management of intellectual assets.

What would you do if you discovered that the board game you are yet to release is already being counterfeited? This is the case with Wonderbow games, and their new game “Kelp”, which is being released this October.

On 25 September, the fifth edition of the DesignEuropa Awards took place in Riga, Latvia where creativity and groundbreaking design took the spotlight.

The LDPD focuses primarily on data processing by entities within Uruguay. It features a more flexible approach to data protection obligations and penalties, which is in line with Uruguay's legal and regulatory environment.

This week we focus on the copyright dispute over Miley Cirus' "Flowers" and the trade mark cases T-361/23 to T-364/23 of the General Court.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Patent Landscape Report on Agrifood indicates that over the past 20 years, more than 3.5 million inventions in the Agrifood sector have been patented.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks the world's leading economies based on their innovation capacities. A key factor shared by top-performing countries is the existence of robust science and technology (S&T) clusters.

As India and the European Union (EU) gear up for the ninth round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), EU Ambassador Hervé Delphin has emphasised that the discussions will require a "strategic and political drive" as they are expected to become more challenging.

The Dominican Republic's National Industrial Property Office (ONAPI) has joined the TMview.

The European IP Helpdesk is kicking-off EU-13 Roadshow, a series of events designed to ignite collaboration and innovation across Europe’s Widening regions.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) encompasses any method in which disputing parties attempt to settle their differences without resorting to conventional litigation, typically with the assistance of a neutral third party.