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Happy World Intellectual Property Day! Today, we celebrate that intellectual property (IP) is crucial to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and overcome the global challenges that impact our everyday lives. Whether it is improving health, fighting poverty or tackling climate change, inventors and creators everywhere can drive the innovative solutions that we need to build a better, fairer future for all: https://lnkd.in/dg5hAjVr #WorldIPDay #WorldIPDay2024 #innovation #creativity #SDGs #intellectualproperty European Patent Office Österreichisches Patentamt FOD Economie / SPF Economie / FPS Economy Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) Патентно Ведомство Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus (PRH) - Finnish Patent and Registration Office INPI France German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) Italian Patent and Trademark Office Valstybinis patentų biuras / State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania Institut de la Propriété Intellectuelle Luxembourg GIE (IPIL) Patentstyret - Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) Urząd Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej INPI Oficiul de Stat pentru Invenții și Mărci PRV Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property IGE IPI Netherlands Enterprise Agency  Intellectual Property Office UK  Intellectual Property Office of Ireland Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) Hugverkastofan - Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) Patendiamet / Estonian Patent Office OEPM ES Swedish Patent and Registration Office

Good news! DesignView, the global design search database has now extended its image search feature to include more than 4 million designs from the EUIPO and all national IP offices of the EU. Now it will be easier to find visually similar designs as the tool helps to automatically compare a design with existing ones on the database: https://lnkd.in/de4kNDEJ 🔎 https://lnkd.in/eK75-njA #designview #designsearch #intellectualproperty

Only 1/3 of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) graduates in Europe are female. On European Diversity Month, learn about 'Girls Go Circular', a project supported by the EUIPO that aims to equip 40,000 schoolgirls with digital and entrepreneurial skills by 2027: https://lnkd.in/gGzWiY7k #EuropeanDiversityMonth #womeninscience #womeninSTEM

The EU has just adopted new rules that will improve and strengthen the protection of geographical indications (GIs) for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products. GIs are an important intellectual property right granted to products that have a specific link to the place where they are made. They not only guarantee quality, but also enable consumers to trust and distinguish quality products, helping producers to market their products better.   Learn more about geographical indications in our GI hub: https://lnkd.in/d8Y-trYs   #geographicalindications #intellectualproperty

Airbags, windshields or accelerator pedals are car parts critical to ensuring safety on the road – but the growing sale of counterfeits poses the life of road users at risk. How to address a problem that brings high profits to criminal networks? The EUIPO cooperates with law enforcement authorities to reduce the presence of fake car parts on the market, and to raise awareness among consumers about the dangers of buying them: https://lnkd.in/gPUmS3jg #counterfeiting #carsafety #roadsafety #intellectualproperty

What’s new in the 2024 edition of the EUIPO Trade Mark and Design Guidelines? ▶️ Watch our webinar to get a first-hand overview of the main updates: https://lnkd.in/dxtGMdHM #trademarks #intellectualproperty

Her grandparents fled Poland during WWII and she returned there in 2004 for her master's: "It meant a lot for me to celebrate Europe Day in Warsaw that year". What do you feel most proud of as a European 🇪🇺? Whether it is being able to speak several languages, getting to know people from other cultures or just settling down and forming a family in a different country, there is an EU story in all of us. We asked some of our colleagues to share their most touching experiences as Europeans and here's what they said: https://lnkd.in/dpx-wnmn #EuropeDay #9May #UnitedinDiversity

Who’s up for a ride 🚴🚴🚴? This month, some of our colleagues are swapping their car for a bike to commute to work. They are taking part in Velomai (vélo = bicycle, mai = May), an initiative that aims to encourage staff from all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to cycle more often. Through the whole month of May, participants register their rides/kilometres travelled and compete for a prize. Cycling is not only a healthy habit, but it is also cheaper and a greener alternative to other forms of transport. And it’s fun! #velomai #cycling #biketowork #urbanmobility #sustainabletransport #corporateculture

We are humbled to have been included in WIPR - World IP Review Diversity's Top 100 2024 among many amazing IP professionals. "João Negrão officially became executive director of EUIPO in October 2023 and D&I has emerged as high on his agenda,” writes WIPR, recognising him as a “Diversity champion”. EUIPO colleague Anna Pasiut was also recognised as an “Influential Woman in IP”, with over two decades of experience in the IP sector. Congratulations to our colleagues and to all the great leaders who were listed and are making the global IP ecosystem more diverse and accessible to all. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dzuTGdx3 #WiprDiversity2024 #intellectualproperty

IP Case Law | In R 1033/2023-2, DUTCH GENQUILA / TEQUILA, the EUIPO Board of Appeal (BoA) annulled the examiner's decision to the extent that the opposition was rejected for wine. The BoA finds similarities between the contested mark ‘DUTCH GENQUILA’ and the protected GI ‘TEQUILA’, particularly the shared ending ‘QUILA’, which reinforces the association with the protected GI. It also considers that the relevant EU consumer is likely to establish a sufficiently clear and direct link between the contested sign which is applied for wine and the spirit drink protected by the PGI ‘TEQUILA’. Learn more on the decision: https://lnkd.in/d-CW3tTu Subscribe to receive the latest IP case law: https://lnkd.in/dMxy8kMT #trademarks #geographicalindications #tequila #intellectualproperty