World Intellectual Property Day - April 26, 2021

Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

This year, we're highlighting how smaller businesses can benefit from intellectual property with the theme : "IP and SMEs : taking your ideas to market".

European Inventor Award 2021

The European Inventor Award will take place on June 17, 2021 and, for the first time in the history of the event, the ceremony will be entirely digital.

Working together to simplify the patent system

The first two common practices - in the areas of examination of unity of invention and designation of the inventor - were endorsed by member states at a meeting of the organisation's Administration Council in December 2020.

Study highlights economic benefits of owning intellectual property rights

This study shows that companies which own at least one patent, registered design or trade mark generate on average 20% higher revenues per employee that companies do not own any of those intellectual property rights (IPRs). Moreover, these IPR-owning companies were found to be paying 19% higher wages on average than other companies.

Monaco joins DesignClass

As of 09 November 2020, the Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency of the Principality of Monaco (MCIPO) is part of DESIGNclass.