Category: World Intellectual Property Organization

China has emerged as a pivotal player in the global intellectual property (IP) landscape and international trade. In recent years, the country has made significant strides in IP protection, innovation, and economic growth. China’s rise to become ...

The Master program in “Intellectual Property and Technological Transfer” (IPTT) at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” is a unique offering, being the only one of its kind in Bulgaria developed in partnership with the World Intelle ...

Summary: The new Regulation on Geographical Indication (GI) protection, effective from December 1, 2025, introduces a harmonized framework. Led by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), it streamlines protection, fosters authenticity ...

Prof. Vladia Borisova PhD is the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria and the director of this new, outstanding degree program – a flagship project in the academic education of IP Management. The aim is to train highly qual ...

In a modern knowledge driven economy, it becomes more and more important not only to do high level research, but to further identify the most relevant ideas for innovation and technology transfer. With this also smaller economies can use the chances o ...

Global technology transfer is still a major challenge in a wide range of technology areas. There are several challenges that arise when transferring technology especially from universities to industry. One challenge is that technology transfer between ...

Commercialization of IP assets is not only relevant for technology and manufacturing companies, but increasingly also for digital companies, because their products and services are relying on digital, easy to copy goods and business models. Therefore, ...

The commercialization of intellectual property assets and with it the management of intellectual property as a whole, becomes more and more a global topic. Therefore, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organized already in 2018 togeth ...

The ageing of societies leads to a higher number of elderly people requiring some kind of assistive technology. Assistive technology comprises all technologies which support persons with disability in their daily lives. This includes technologies from ...

With the ever-growing internet and more and more companies starting their online business, the availability for premium domains becomes smaller and the battles become fiercer. There are millions of websites, all with unique domain names. In such a cro ...