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World IP Day

IP Intelligence

We celebrate World IP Day this year on April 26, commemorating 53 years of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Convention’s implementation. While women make up nearly half of the world’s population, WIPO estimates that in 2022, only 16 percent of international patent application inventors were women.

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World IP Day

LexBlog IP

We celebrate World IP Day this year on April 26, commemorating 53 years of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Convention’s implementation. While women make up nearly half of the world’s population, WIPO estimates that in 2022, only 16 percent of international patent application inventors were women.

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UK IPO update on new patent service

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The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced details of its new patent service which will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months. Customers can express their interest in taking part in the patents pilot by emailing usertesting@ipo.gov.uk.

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Sunday Surprises

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MISCELLANEOUS European Commission | European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) " EU SME Fund " On 10 January, the Commission and the EUIPO launched the new EU SME Fund, which provides vouchers to help EU-based SMEs protect their intellectual property rights.

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Free Online Tools and Resources for Inventors

LexBlog IP

These tools will help you better understand the patent process, conduct your own preliminary patent search, protect your invention, and more! Events and Webinars. Patent Basics. Patent Search. Patent Search Tools. Google Patents. USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database. PATENT SEARCH TOOLS.

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Never too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past weeks!

The IPKat

At its core, the case relates to whether the right to file a patent application in the future is covered by the same provisions relating to the right to an existing patent or patent application. Trade Marks Many would consider the shape of Dior’s Saddle bag to be iconic.

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USPTO Guidelines Define the Role of AI in Patent Inventorship

LexBlog IP

In 2022, the Federal Circuit definitively ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be named inventors or co-inventors on patent applications, reinforcing the longstanding principle that only natural persons are eligible as inventors under the Patent Act.