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EPO and Cambodia renew bilateral co-operation, take stock of their validation agreement

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191105a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. A delegation from Cambodia led by Senior Minister of Industry and Handicraft Cham Prasidh visited the EPO on 31 October to meet with a team from the EPO headed by President António Campinos.
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Simplifying access to patent protection in Georgia

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191105b.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has signed a validation agreement with the government of Georgia, which, once in force, will allow European patent applications and patents to take legal effect in Georgia.
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EPO and Mexico launch reinforced partnership

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191105.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Reinforced Partnership with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), further strengthening the longstanding co-operation between Europe and Mexico in the area of... Continue reading
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European patents help SMEs commercialise high-potential inventions, new study shows

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191104.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. A new study published today by the European Patent Office (EPO) finds that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) rely on European patents to protect their high-potential inventions and that two thirds of these... Continue reading
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Digital technologies in the spotlight at EPO Patent Information Conference 2019

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191030.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Around 350 patent professionals from 45 countries are gathering at the EPO’s 29th annual Patent Information Conference in Bucharest this week to discuss the latest developments in the field, and especially the impact... Continue reading
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European Patent Office joins City of Munich’s climate pact to cut CO2 emissions

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191022.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The European Patent Office (EPO) yesterday, 21 October 2019, joined a City of Munich initiative to reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to the Bavarian capital’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050.
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Putting further strength on the EPO’s network in the co-operation with international partners

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191018.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. To strengthen international co-operation on patents, a delegation from the EPO met with representatives of IP offices from around the world on the fringes of the Assemblies of the Member States of the... Continue reading
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Akira Yoshino, European Inventor Award winner, honoured with Nobel Prize

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191009.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The Japanese chemist Akira Yoshino, winner of the European Inventor Award 2019, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year.
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EPO signs reinforced partnership agreement with Malaysia

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191008.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos and the Director General of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), Dato’ Mohd. Roslan bin Mahayudin, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Reinforced Partnership.
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EPO User Day 2019: Engaging with our users on our strategic plan, online services and sustainable technologies

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190930.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The annual event, which took place on 24 September in The Hague, was attended by patent attorneys, paralegals and other IP specialists from 19 countries.