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The activity is aimed at continuing to raise awareness on plant variety protection and the benefits…Awareness Raising on Plant Variety Rights Protection
The activity is aimed at continuing to raise awareness on plant variety protection and the benefits…Best Practices in the Examination of Trade Marks and Industrial Designs in the EU
This activity entails the organisation of workshops to promote the convergence of practices and…SEA Judicial Colloquium
The activity continues the project’s efforts to contribute to establishing a body of practice among…Trade Secrets in the EU and SEA
The activity entails the organisation of a webinar to promote awareness on trade secrets, focusing…Promoting Creativity and Innovation: The Amended IP Law of Viet Nam
Following the enactment of the Amended IP Law of Viet Nam, which took effect on 1 January 2023,…Advanced Training on Patent Search and Examination
The activity entails the continuation of the advanced training programme that the project has been…Other news
EU-funded projects – Call for Expression of Interest for IP expertise – RELEASED
EUIPO has published a Call for Expression of Interest to compile a list of vendors interested in providing independent and
[...]How Intellectual Property Contributes to Sustainability
Business is not only about profits. For many companies, the bottom line is not always the only concern, as they were created to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Likewise, intellectual property (IP) is not only about commerce.
[...]SMEs and Intellectual Property: how to escape the middle-income trap
Talks about avoiding or escaping the middle-income trap are widespread around the world, not least in South-East Asia, where only two out of ten countries – Brunei and Singapore – are currently in the high-income bracket ([1]).
[...]Viet Nam joins DESIGNview
As of 2 February 2024, the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) has made its industrial designs data available to the DESIGNview search tool.
With IP Viet Nam on board of DESIGNview, the tool now contains data from 76 participating offices.
[...]What’s the best intellectual property (IP) strategy for South-East Asia?
The South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, an initiative of the European Commission, supports SMEs in the European Union (EU) and the other countries of the Single Market Programm
[...]IP Key SEA Publishes Third Annual Work Plan
The IP Key SEA project has published the third annual work plan (AWP) for its second phase, comprising 21 activities and covering areas of intellectual property (IP) rights that range from copyright to patents, trade marks and industria
[...]Official visit of the Viet Nam IP Office to the EUIPO in Alicante, Spain
On Monday 11 December the senior management of the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) visited the premises of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain.
[...]Thailand joins DESIGNview
As of 07 December 2023, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce Thailand has made its design data available to the DESIGNview search tool.
With DIP Thailand on board of DESIGNview, the tool now contains data from 77 participating offices.
[...]EMPACT is making impact on IP crime
The European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) is an integrated approach against organised and serious international crime in the EU.
[...]Meeting between the Executive Director of the EUIPO and the IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba
In the margins of the 4th edition of the International Intellectual Property (IP) Mediation Conference which took place in Alicante from 19 to 20 October 2023, a bilateral meeting was organised between Executive Director Mr João Negrão and Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of t
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