The ratification of the Validation Agreement by the parliament of Georgia completed the negotiation process between Georgia and the European Patent Office, which was launched in 2012.
The Eurasian Patent Office is starting to accept Eurasian Applications for Industrial Designs
The Eurasian Patent Office informs that the acceptance of applications for the grant of Eurasian design patents will start on June 1, 2021. In accordance with Article 22 (4) of the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994 (Protocol), please note that Eurasian design patents will…
Types of licenses and the advantages they provide
License means permission to perform a specific action. The legal term refers to a document or administrative act. Licensing refers to objects of intellectual property that can be used repeatedly by different persons in different forms at the same time. The needs in connection with these objects are certified by legal transactions – of domestic…
Protecting Innovation through Trade Secrets and Patents: Determinants for European Union Firms
The EUIPO through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights has launched a report on Protecting Innovation through Trade Secrets and Patents: Determinants for European Union Firms. The report uses data from the Community Innovation Survey for 24 EU Member States to examine the economic importance of trade secrets and their relation with…