On January 18, 2024, the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the International Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications will enter into force for Portugal. Portugal’s appellations of origin and geographical indications will thus be protected internationally by a single, simpler and less costly registration in all the […]
A study published on October 17, 2023 and co-edited by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) has just shed light on the percentage of patent and/or trademark applications by start-ups at European level, and its impact on obtaining financing. While the overall European average […]
The 16th edition of the World Innovation Index, “the global reference for measuring a country’s innovation performance”, has just been published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, in partnership with the Portulans Institute, private partners and a network of universities. – (Source: WIPO). For 13 years now, Switzerland has held the […]