We celebrate World Intellectual Property Day on April 26. This year WIPO focuses our attention on women’s role in the development of innovations and creativity. You can find more information here.
Happy World Intellectual Property Day 2023!
IP NEWS
OAPI joins the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
WIPO reports on the accession of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) to The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications.
This will allow international registration of geographical indication in 17 African countries including Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, etc.
The Geneva Act will enter into force with respect to OAPI on March 15, 2023.
For more information here.
Brief IP news
1. New Guide: Cybercrimes and Trade Secret Protection in the EU & China. For more information here.
2. Anyway you see it: CJEU Advocate General issues Opinion on parts of designs ‘visible in normal use’. For more information here.
3. Global Innovation Index’s Global Science & Technology Clusters: East Asia Dominates Top Ranking. For more information here.
Brief IP news
- Who’s IP is it? The AI Inventor or the AI’s Inventor? For more information here.
- Building High-Quality Patent Portfolios in the United States and Europe: Part III – Examiner Interviews. For more information here.
- High-growth technology business forum – Licensing, 30 September 2021. For more information here.
Source: Intellectual Property Center at the UNWE. More information can be found here.
A new trademark database for some Andean countries is available
The EUIPO launched a new trademark database called CAN TMView that covers four Andean countries – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The new trademark database, which is similar to the TMView database, will give access to more than 1.3 million trademarks in those for countries which population exceed 111 million people.
This is a good news for every trademark practitioner that has interest in registration of trademarks for these countries. The database is easy to use and will help a lot for conducting preliminary trademark searches and building appropriate trademark strategies.
For more information here.
Madrid System Online Services will not be accessible for several days
WIPO reports about the fact that some of the Madrid system online services will not be accessible between 09 and 11.07.2021. This happens due to scheduled maintenance of the system. In particular the services that will be disconnected are:
Happy World Intellectual Property Day – 2021
Happy World Intellectual Property Day!
This year WIPO celebrates the day focusing our attention on the critical role of small and medium-sized enterprises for the economy and how they can benefit from intellectual property rights.
More information can be found here.
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