Italy’s innovation ecosystem demonstrated resilience and dynamism in 2024, as highlighted in the annual report by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM). Here below is a diagram, published by the UIBM, of the percentages of national patent applications in 2024.
The recent election of the new Pope has sparked renewed interest in intellectual property in the Vatican. The Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, or simply the Vatican, being a sovereign country and seat of the Catholic Church, adopts a very rigorous protection of its religious symbols and its identity…
As you know, the SME Fund managed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) offers European and Ukrainian small and medium enterprises the opportunity to benefit from partial reimbursements in several fields of Intellectual Property.
In our past newsletter editions (April 2024 and November 2024) we reported the formal adoption of the EU design reform comprising: Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs and repealing Commission Regulation
