This year’s ceremony was held on 9 July 2024, in Malta, where the European Patent Office (EPO) revealed the winners of the prestigious “European Inventor Award”. It should be noted that since being established in 2006, this award has been handed out annually to showcase and pay tribute to the inventive […]
As a reminder, the “Young Inventors Prize” created by the EPO in 2022, is awarded to inventors aged 30 and under. This prize is particularly aimed at ” innovators who innovate with a purpose and contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “. Topping this year’s rankings in […]
At the recent Oséades® 2024, ADELPHE IP was well represented by industrial property attorney Pierre Roger who was in attendance. This annual forum for economic players (executives, start-ups, entrepreneurs engaged in the creation or take- over of enterprises, etc) was held in Haute-Savoie from 27 May to 7 June 2024, with around […]
By way of background, the European Inventor Award, created in 2006 by the European Patent Office (EPO), is intended to reward the creativity of inventors each year in various categories including: industry, research, non-EPO countries, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to these categories, there is also a Lifetime […]
The unitary patent observed its milestone first anniversary on 1 June 2024. It is worth noting that the unitary patent system currently serves as the modality for obtaining a single means of uniform protection across all of the 17 countries of the European Union that have ratified the Agreement on a […]
With effect from 1 September 2024, Romania will become part of the European Unitary Patents System and the Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’), alongside the Member States of the European Union that have already ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (‘UPC Agreement’): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, […]
On April 25, 2024, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published the 2023 ranking of patent applicants, highlighting a notable increase of 5.6% in the number of filings from 2022, with 15,566 patent applications filed in France. These applications were primarily from French and foreign legal entities (88%). The economic […]
On August 3, 2024, the Madrid Protocol will take effect with respect to Qatar. This accession will allow economic operators to apply for registration in this territory through the Madrid system. This system affords a simplified, centralized and lower-cost trademark protection procedure in many markets (131 countries). Until now, trademark protection […]
After lengthy negotiations that began at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2001, the organization’s member states approved a new Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge on May 24, 2024. Article 3 of the treaty seeks to establish a disclosure requirement for applicants with patent applications […]
Pierre Roger, Industrial Property Attorney at ADELPHE IP, participated in a workshop on winery trade marks organised on 5 March 2024, by the Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Committee of the French Patent and Trademark Attorneys’ Institute (Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle – CNCPI). This training course was led […]