The UKIPO intends to provide a wide non-commercial research exception to copyright and make copies of purchased content for other family...

New improvements and clarifications regarding IP rules and more focus on exploitation of the results in the forthcoming Horizon 2020

European Commission refers to the Court of Justice to clarify the legality of ACTA. Meanwhile, the EU Parliament President made a stand...

European Parliament's rapporteur recommends ACTA rejection to the International Trade Committee, while wishing that the text be...

Facilitated access to finance for SMEs, based on risk/trust assessment, in the next EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises...

“Trade Mark Incentives”: a report commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has commissioned a report aimed to investigate the relationship between trade marking and ...

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The Helpline service of the European IPR Helpdesk provides professional advice to your specific IP or IPR query – customized, ...

A unitary patent system may financially benefit EU SMEs and Universities, Mr Battistelli affirmed

The European Parliament will meet experts, representatives of civil society and other stakeholders, to ensure all opinions and concerns...

European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin Issue (2)

We are pleased to inform that the second issue of the European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin has been released and is now available ...

Further steps forward a patent harmonisation worldwide. The EPO, USPTO and JPO agreed upon a Common Citation Document that will offer a...

Agreement reached on substantial issues for the unitary 'patent package', but quarrel still exists on the seat of the main litigation...

Stronger IPR enforcement measures, such as the HADOPI law in France, can curb online piracy and increase legal offers of digital services.

Consortium agreements for research projects under Belgian contract law

Consortium agreements for research projects of the European Commission are managed in Brussels. Therefore, Belgian law is often ...

Italy and Spain explain their opposition to the EU common patent as an unacceptable discrimination that goes against the principles of...

Neelie Kroes called for a new approach in copyright going beyond old business models and the rigid legislation from the pre-digital era,...

Industrial design is particularly important tool for innovation, expecially for SMEs, as it does not require scientific knowledge or...

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Webinar: Introduction to Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights (Module 1)

Date:
Monday, 12.09.2011
Time:
10.30-11.30 am (Luxembourg/Saarbrücken, GMT+2) - the webinar session will open 15 min. before the ...