Worldwide trademark and industrial design-creation activity rose in 2019 even as the number of global patent applications dipped slightly on weaker demand in IP powerhouse China, WIPO's benchmark World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report showed.
As of 09 November 2020, the Industrial Property Office of the Business Development Agency of the Principality of Monaco (MCIPO) is part of DESIGNclass.
Introducing Inventors Revisited, the new EPO video and podcast series
Recently, the EPO reconnected with former finalists and winners of the European Inventor Award for their views on trends in innovation and intellectual property, and a rare glimpse at cutting edge new research and inventions.
WIPO has launched the Roving Webinar series, a recent intiative aiming at bringing WIPO services and initiatives closer to the stakeholders in developed countries.
The next live session will take place on Octobre 1st, 2020, at 10.00 a.m. (CEST).
In view of the present situation with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the European Patent Office is postponing the European Inventor Award 2020 until 2021.
The event will take place in Monaco on 17 June 2021.
