• EPO mourns with Spain over lives lost

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200528.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The management and staff of the EPO wishes to express their deepest sympathy for the people of Spain

     
  • For nature: EPO marks World Environment Day

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200605.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO today celebrates World Environment Day. Hosted annually since 1974, the event draws participants in over 140 countries and encourages policy makers, businesses, and individuals to focus on important environmental issues.

     
  • Update on Coronavirus – SUPERSEDED by new continually updated page

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200306.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Information for external partners and potential visitors to the EPO

     
  • Digital technologies take top spot in European patent applications

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200312.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. According to the EPO Patent Index 2019, the surge in the fields of digital communication (+19.6%) and computer technology (+10.2%) is fuelling the sustained growth in patent filings

     
  • Celebrating women inventors

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200309.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. To mark International Women’s Day, the EPO looks back at women whose ground-breaking inventions push the boundaries of innovation.

     
  • Open for public consultation: EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200302.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO today launched a public consultation on its Guidelines and invites interested parties to provide input

     
  • IP high on the agenda of Croatia’s first EU presidency

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200226.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. A delegation headed by the EPO President attended an international conference on challenges in intellectual property held in Zagreb last week under Croatia’s EU Council presidency.

     
  • Note of solidarity with the people of Germany

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200222.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The management and staff of the European Patent Office express their deepest solidarity with the people of Germany.

     
  • Building bridges through cooperation: EPO and Cambodian Ministry of Industry and Handicraft host first IP conference

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200131.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. This week the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) hosted their first joint IP conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

     
  • New insights into the patent system: first results from the EPO Academic Research Programme published

    http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200123.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has published six research reports developed with funding from its Academic Research Programme. The research used patent data to investigate topics such as financing for innovation, knowledge transfer, trade, tracking inventions... Continue reading