Monaco aligns with the European Convergence of Practice Programme CP3

The Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency of the Principality of Monaco (MCIPO) has published a practice paper on the examination of absolute grounds for refusal for figurative trade marks with purely descriptive words/expressions

Winners of the 2021 European inventor award revealed

The EPO announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2021, its prestigious annual innovation prize.

China joins TMview

With CNIPA on board of TMview, the tool now contains data from 75 participating offices.

With the addition of more than 32 million trade marks from CNIPA, TMview now provides information and access to more than 96,4 million trade marks in total.

Accelerate innovation in clean energy

The second study between the EPO and the International Energy Agency looks at low-carbon energy technologies across all sectors of the economy, identifies the leading players and highlights the urgent need to accelerate the pace of innovation.

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.