• Czech Industrial Property Office celebrates centenary

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190927.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. On 19 September, representatives of the EPO attended an international conference in Prague on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Property Office (IPO) of the Czech Republic.

     
  • Intellectual property rights strongly benefit the European economy, EPO-EUIPO study finds

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190925.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Industries that make intensive use of intellectual property rights (IPRs) such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright generate 45% of GDP (EUR 6.6 trillion) in the EU annually and account for 63... Continue reading

     
  • EPO welcomes 750 visitors during Netherlands’ national heritage days

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190916a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO welcomed 750 visitors to its new premises at its new premises in Rijswijk last weekend as part of the Netherlands’ national heritage days (Open Monumentendag).

     
  • EPO and USPTO heads meet in Munich

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190916.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The heads of office spoke about their respective strategic plans and also addressed the rising importance of artificial intelligence, both in the patent granting process and as the subject-matter of patent applications, in... Continue reading

     
  • Heads of UKIPO, EPO and USPTO discuss global patent system with users at patents showcase event in London

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190913.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Chief Executive Tim Moss hosted Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu and European Patent Office President António Campinos at a patent showcase event... Continue reading

     
  • EPO meets with users and IP offices in Sweden, Finland and Denmark

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190912.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Led by President António Campinos, an EPO delegation which included Nellie Simon, Vice-President Corporate Services, and Christoph Ernst, Vice-President for Legal and International Affairs, visited Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

     
  • Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal related to the patentability of computer-implemented simulations

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190903.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The President of the EPO has filed his comments in the matter of the referral G 1/19 (“Patentability of computer-implemented simulations”) to the Enlarged Board of Appeal

     
  • Cashless payment at EPO canteens and cafeterias

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190820.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. During the month of August, all EPO canteens and cafeterias are turning into cashless premises.

     
  • Munich technology neighbours European Patent Office and Deutsches Museum strengthen partnership

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190724.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. This step enhances relations between the two technology organisations, and is also an invitation to other local institutions as well as Bavarian stakeholders to engage in an inspiring exchange on innovation.

     
  • EPO publishes latest Environmental Report 2018

    http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20190723.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has published its Environmental Report 2018 which presents the environmental impact of the EPO’s operations data across all locations in Berlin, Munich, The Hague and Vienna in 2018 and compares the... Continue reading