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EPO conference with business track on IP design for protection of digital business models

European Patent Office (EPO) together with Licensing Executives Society (LESI) provides a platform for high-growth technology enterprises and others in their innovation ecosystem to learn about business strategy and IP management on 4th to 5th of Nove ...

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New digital trademark forms: Trademark Law Modernization Act (MaMoG)

With the Trademark Law Modernization Act on January 14, 2019, Germany largely implemented the requirements of the European Trademark Law Directive 2015/2436, which is considered to be one of the most extensive changes in trademark law to date. In part ...

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DPMA registration statistics: digital patents surge by 78%, but the share of German patent applicants is falling

At the core of the digital transformation are data processing methods for business purposes. The networking of end devices, industrial and domestic control systems, as well as machines and production facilities, create vast amounts of digital data. Th ...

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Self-driving cars: EPO study shows sharp rise in patent applications and half of them are not from the automotive industry

Billions of Euros and Dollars are spent around the globe to make future happen: autonomous driving or so-called robot cars. There is no doubt that the future of driving are driverless cars with a combination of sensors, actuators, and software to cont ...

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EPO Conference: “Patenting Artificial Intelligence – Current Practice and Challenges” now available online

This event was the first conference on patenting AI technologies held at one of the major patent offices for China, Japan, South Korea, and the USA. The current topic attracted more than 350 participants from industry, academia, user associations, pat ...

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Special Issue of les Nouvelles with the European Patent Office on Patent Strategies for SMEs with new MIPLM Case Studies on Industry 4.0

SMEs are a backbone for innovation in Europe. However, many SMEs lack a patent strategy – a phenomenon which has received much scrutiny. The European Patent Office has initiated a project to reveal SME patent strategies and document them for learning ...

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European Commission’s Anticipation and Guidelines for SEP Licensing Practice

While the patent policies of standard developing organizations (SDOs) are majorly for standard setting processes, the European Commission (EC) released a guideline for standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing practices on 29 November 2017.

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Sharp rise in industry 4.0 patent filings at the EPO: 54% growth in three years

The European Patent Office (EPO) released its new study Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: the inventions behind digital transformation in December 2017. Based on the patent data of EPO and the expertise of the examiners the study analyzed ...

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