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World Intellectual Property Indicators Report: Record Number of Patent Applications Filed Worldwide in 2022

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China Ranks Among The Top 10 In The Global Innovation Index 2025 For The First Time

Panawell & Partners, LLC (Panawell), founded in 2003, is an intellectual property (IP) boutique firm licensed by the National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC (CNIPA) and the State Administration for Industry a…

IMPACTS OF THE MERCOSUR–EUROPEAN UNION TRADE AGREEMENT ON IP

The Mercosur Partnership Agreement (“Agreement” or “EMPA”) represents one of the most ambitious trade treaties signed by Brazil. Covering a potential market of over 700 million consumers, the agreement goes far beyond t…

Intellectual Property for the Metaverse

Merriam Webster defines the metaverse as “a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of multiple individual virtual realities.” The term “metaverse” originates from dystopian science fic…

Examining patents, trademarks & designs: the art of IP examiners

Examiners play a critical role in the intellectual property (IP) system, assessing when patent, trademark, geographical indication and industrial design applications can be granted, and upholding the requirements set by…

Worldwide IP Filings Reached New All-Time Highs in 2021, Asia Drives Growth

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The role of IP rights in the fashion business: a US perspective

In recent years, intellectual property (IP) rights have played a pivotal role in the growth of the highly competitive global fashion industry, which generates more than USD 2 trillion per year. Amid breakneck advances i…

Managing intellectual property rights in innovation: the key to reaching the market

By Maria del Coro Gutierez Pla and Lynn Burtchaell, EUIPO SME Programme, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Alicante, Spain

What has changed in the IP over the last 50 years? - The accelerated synchronization of the world

Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Patents. Does That Matter?

Early last month, Harvard Business Review published an interesting intellectual property-related article, in which declared that Tesla Motors CEO and SpaceX founder-slash-CEO Elon Musk “doesn’t care about patents.” The…

Italy: infringers hit with high damages at IP courts while enforcement remains robust at the border