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Eurada Brokerage Event 2023
This event is organised by the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA).
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BERLIN, GERMANY
17th Annual European Funds Symposium 2023
This symposium is organised by the European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law.
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The importance of intellectual property for SMEs in Finland
This online event is organised by the EUIPO in collaboration with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH).
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Addressing IP impact and innovation in EU projects
This webinar is organised by the European IP Helpdesk.
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Intellectual Property and the Metaverse - WIPO Conversation
This hybrid event is organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
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Online
Tech Collider: a Knowledge Share event
This event is co-organised by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), the Polytechnic University of Turin (POLITO) and Netval (Network for academic research valorisation).
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The importance of intellectual property for SMEs in Poland
This online event is organised by the EUIPO in collaboration with the Polish Patent Office.
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Intellectual property (IP) and artificial Intelligence (AI)
This webinar is organsided by the European IP Helpdesk.
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IP in Business collaborations for SMEs and start-ups
This webinar is organised by the European IP Helpdesk.
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IP commercialisation and licensing - Advanced
This webinar is offered by the European Helpdesk in collaboration with the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).
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Effective IP and outreach strategies help increase the impact of research and innovation
This webinar is organised by the European IP Helpdesk.
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March 20, 2023Benefits of IP
Recommendations on code of practice on the management of Intellectual assets and on standardisation by EC
Recommendation on a Code of practice on the management of intellectual asset for knowledge valorisation has recently been published by the European Commission (EC).
March 14, 2023Protecting your ideas
Agorateka: a way to identify legal content online
Agorateka helps consumers find legal offers easily in their own language.
March 10, 2023Benefits of IP
International IP SME Helpdesks: the new edition has just started
The new edition of the Intellectual Property ('IP') SME Helpdesks for China, South-East Asia, Latin America and India was just launched by the European Commission.
March 08, 2023Entrepreneurship
International Women's Day: EU takes landmark decisions, but women's rights are under attack globally
EU Commission press release on the International Women's Day.
March 02, 2023Benefits of IP
Tuesday webinars at EUIPO - March 2023
The EUIPO organises webinars than can help SMEs undestand and protect their intellectual property rights.
February 27, 2023Benefits of IP
EU response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the field of IP
In February 2022, the Russian Federation initiated a military aggression against Ukraine. The European Union has, since then, implemented a series of sanctions, together with several initiatives to support Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
February 23, 2023Benefits of IP
Growing interest in sustainability sparks more green EUTM filings
The study, an update of an earlier study published in 2021, aims to examine whether the increased concern among the public and policymakers over climate change and environmental degradation is reflected in the EUTM applications.
February 21, 2023Benefits of IP
Intellectual Property in ChatGPT
An interesting article on the relation between Intellectual Property and ChatGPT.
February 15, 2023Benefits of IP
Call for Expression of Interest for IP specialists
The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency has published a Call for Expression of Interest for intellectual property (IP) specialists.
February 13, 2023Business growth
30 Years of the Single Market
Imagine a small business operating today in the European Union: it has access to a market of almost 450 million consumers. It does not have to pay tariffs or deal with most trade barriers. For a company intending to market their goods or services within the Single Market, the process of protecting
February 08, 2023Protecting your ideas
The very visible value of intangible assets: why IP valuation matters
The protection of intellectual property (IP) is crucial to individual creators, inventors, designers, and companies alike.
February 07, 2023Benefits of IP
Tuesday webinars at EUIPO - February 2023
The EUIPO organises webinars than can help SMEs undestand and protect their intellectual property rights.
Articles View all
Nov 21, 2022
Benefits of IP
What if one day it became possible for us to live and interact in a single, virtual world that was just like our physical one, save for it being – indeed – immaterial? There is probably no need to look too far ahead. This is the concept behind something that is already very ‘real’: the metaverse.
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Nov 16, 2022
Entrepreneurship
French scientist, Anna Vanderbruggen, whom the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) RawMaterials nominated, has won the prestigious EIT Change Award for her pioneering work on graphite recycling. Her solution enables European recyclers to recover tonnes of graphite needed for lithium-ion batteries to power renewable energy technologies across the continent.
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Jun 27, 2022
Benefits of IP
The link between block chain technology and intellectual property protection rights.
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