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EPO and leading scientists celebrate International Women’s Day

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210310.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The Office marked Monday’s International Women’s Day with a panel discussion highlighting women in science.
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EQE goes digital

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210308.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO successfully holds first-ever online edition of the European Qualifying Examination
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High-growth technology business forum

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210301a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. On 25 February, the EPO together with Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) held the first edition of a new online forum designed especially for high-growth technology businesses and small and medium-sized technology enterprises,... Continue reading
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EPO congratulates Hungarian Intellectual Property Office on its 125th anniversary

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210301b.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos addressed a celebration gala today (1 March) to mark the 125th anniversary of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO).
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Open for public consultation: EPC and PCT-EPO Guidelines

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210301.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. You can submit your comments in any one of the EPO’s three official languages via an online form. The deadline for your contributions is 12 April 2021.
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Heads of the EPO and INPI Brazil take stock of their technical and strategic reinforced partnership

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210226.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos met the President of the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI), Cláudio Vilar Furtado, on 25 February to discuss co-operation on enhancing the patent system and better... Continue reading
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Deeper insights into the patent system

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210216.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO Academic Research Programme publishes five final research reports
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Working together to simplify the patent system: First common practices agreed by EPO member states

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210212a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The first two common practices – in the areas of examination of unity of invention, and designation of the inventor – were endorsed by member states at a meeting of the organisation’s Administrative... Continue reading
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Intellectual property in the digital age in focus at conference held under Portugal’s EU Presidency

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210212.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos spoke about the importance of supporting innovation at the opening of a high-level online conference on IP held on the occasion of Portugal’s EU Council Presidency.
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EPO and EUIPO sign partnership agreement with the Technical University of Munich

http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210210.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on 4 February 2021 to offer TUM graduates the... Continue reading