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As a reminder, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted a new treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge on May 24, 2024. (Cf. our news patents-wipo-treaty-on-intellectual-property…). The WIPO has just announced that Malawi is the first country to sign this treaty.   For more information : https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2024/article_0019.html

On October 22, 2024, the European Patent Office (EPO) published a study on university patent applications in Europe. According to the EPO, this study is based on “data for 1,200 European universities that have generated patent applications at the EPO between 2000-2020.” It considers not only patent applications filed directly by […]

On January 7, 2025, the Budapest Treaty (1977) on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure will take effect with respect to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, commonly known as Uruguay. In substance, the purpose of this treaty is that “a contracting State which […]