Category: Insights

Italy joins the unitary patent!

On 30 September 2015, Italy joined the unitary patent. Italy will thus form part of both the unitary patent

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Global Innovation Index 2015: Switzerland, UK and Sweden at the top

The recently issued Global Innovation Index (GII), which is co-published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University

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European patents can now be validated in Moldova

On 1 November 2015 an agreement between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the State Agency on Intellectual Property

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Controversy behind Ms. Tu Youyou, the first Chinese female Noble Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced on 5 October. It was rewarded with one half

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Can innovative clean tech companies save the world…and still be profitable?

Well, as we all know, innovation and research and development usually cost a lot of money, and the simplest

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New hope for trademark owners in China

In China, the trademark system is based on the “first-to-file” system, which means that the first company or person

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The Global Patent Prosecution Highway expands in the heat of summer

As summer, at least here in Denmark, finally heats up, so does the PPH thus giving both Danish and

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The “LEGO-MAN” is still protected as a trademark

Just last week the General Court of the European Union decided in a very interesting case that has been

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Time for abolishment of basic registrations for international registrations of trademarks?

By an application of international registration according to the Madrid system a trademark can be registered in a number

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Paving the IP way for SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often face difficult decisions about how to prioritize between various efforts, such as marketing,

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