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WIPO Launches New Flagship Report “Green Technology Book”; First Edition Focuses on Climate-Change Adaptation
Daily NewsTuesday, 24 January 2023Daniel van Herck17 viewsRead more...WIPO launched the first edition of its “Green Technology Book” focusing on climate-change adaptation – placing these measures on equal footing with mitigation measures. This new flagship publication is part of the Organization’s long-standing efforts to ensure that innovation, technology and intellectual property (IP) are at the forefront of the fight against climate change. The Green Technology B ...
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Worldwide IP Filings Reached New All-Time Highs in 2021, Asia Drives Growth
Daily NewsTuesday, 24 January 2023Daniel van Herck18 viewsRead more...Global intellectual property (IP) filings for patents, trademarks and designs reached new heights in 2021, showing the resilience of the global innovation ecosystem during the COVID-19 pandemic. The W ...
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‘Highly’ marbled cell-based beef bites developed with 3D printing tech
Daily NewsFriday, 16 September 2022Daniel van Herck177 viewsRead more...Steakholder Foods has coined the ‘first-of-its kind’ and ‘richly marbled’ structured meat product Omakase Beef Morsels. Its latest product – comes as a result of its recently filed patent for 3D-biop ...
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Samsung files patent application for transparent display technology
Daily NewsThursday, 08 September 2022Daniel van Herck110 viewsRead more...Samsung filed patent application for a mobile phone with a secondary transparent display on its rear. The transparent display works like a standard display or in a more subdued role like an always-on ...
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Nieuw digitaal platform toont kmo’s de meerwaarde van intellectuele eigendom
Daily NewsFriday, 17 June 2022Daniel van Herck159 viewsRead more...Uit Europees onderzoek blijkt dat ruim 90% van de ondernemers geen geregistreerde intellectuele eigendomsrechten heeft. Daarom lanceerden vijf Belgische en Nederlandse overheidsorganisaties op 26 apri ...
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The EPO’s Patent Index 2021 shows that patent filings rebounded significantly last year.
Daily NewsWednesday, 04 May 2022Daniel van Herck443 viewsRead more...The European Patent Office (EPO) received 188 600 applications in 2021, up 4.5% on the previous year and the highest number to date. The number of patent applications - an early indicator of companies ...
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Provisional application of the UPCA to start
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 January 2022Daniel van Herck420 viewsRead more...The Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) enters into force, following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Austria.. The final preparations ...
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Sonos wint van Google: meer volume-gedoe
Daily NewsWednesday, 26 January 2022Daniel van Herck268 viewsRead more...Sonos heeft een juridisch gevecht met Google gewonnen. Het resultaat is – voor bezitters van Google Smart Speakers – nogal onhandig. (Read more at Alpha Audio)
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AI cannot be named as inventor on patent applications
Daily NewsFriday, 24 December 2021Daniel van Herck252 viewsRead more...Legal Board of Appeal rules that an inventor must be human, dismissing the appeals on the two DABUS applications which named an Artificial Intelligence as the inventor. The Legal Board of Appeal conf ...
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EPO - SME case studies
Daily NewsMonday, 20 December 2021Daniel van Herck321 viewsRead more...The EPO has produced a series of case studies on European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are leveraging the power of patents and other IP rights to achieve business success. SMEs fro ...
