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.
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.
Industries that make intensive use of intellectual property rights (IPRs) such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright generate 45% of GDP (EUR 6.6 trillion) in the EU annually and account for 63 million jobs (29% of all jobs).