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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announces $70 million contract for AI patent search tool
Daily NewsTuesday, 19 March 2024Daniel van Herck1601 viewsRead more...USPTO intends to negotiate and award a contract to Accenture Federal Services for its Patent Search Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Read more at FedScoop
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World Intellectual Property Indicators Report: Record Number of Patent Applications Filed Worldwide in 2022
Daily NewsFriday, 24 November 2023Daniel van Herck2151 viewsRead more...Global patenting activity soared to new records in 2022, fueled by Indian and Chinese innovators, but an uncertain economic outlook is weighing on further growth. Even as global filings for trademark ...
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Startups with patents and trade marks are 10 times more successful in securing funding, new study finds
Daily NewsWednesday, 25 October 2023Daniel van Herck1121 viewsRead more...Owning Intellectual Property (IP) rights boosts startups’ ability to raise funds, especially for deep-tech industries with higher capital needs The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union ...
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Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
Daily NewsMonday, 12 June 2023Daniel van Herck709 viewsRead more...A better patent system for Europe The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court are the building blocks which supplement and strengthen the existing centralised European patent granting system. The ...
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Demand for European patents has reached an all-time high
Daily NewsThursday, 04 May 2023Daniel van Herck2488 viewsRead more...Yann Ménière, EPO Chief Economist and Aidan Kendrick, EPO Chief Business Analyst, discuss the key patenting trends at the EPO in 2022. Increasing demand for European patents has been driven by compani ...
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Recordaantal Europese octrooiaanvragen vanuit België
Daily NewsThursday, 30 March 2023Daniel van Herck458 viewsRead more...Belgische bedrijven, universiteiten en onderzoeksinstellingen hebben in 2022 een recordaantal van 2.604 octrooiaanvragen ingediend bij het Europees Octrooibureau (EPO). Het gaat om een toename met 5 p ...
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Nieuw digitaal platform toont kmo’s de meerwaarde van intellectuele eigendom
Daily NewsFriday, 17 June 2022Daniel van Herck579 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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New EPO study: Europe and US are leading innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics globally, patent data shows
Daily NewsTuesday, 26 October 2021Daniel van Herck2090 viewsRead more...From a global perspective, Europe and the US are leading innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics technologies, a new study published today by the European Patent Office (EPO) shows. E ...
