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
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.
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.
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".
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.