As a result of Montenegro’s accession to the London Agreement on 1 August 2025, for European patents granted on or after said date and to be validated in said country, a Montenegrin language translation of the entire patent text is no longer required, provided that the EP specification is in English, but only a Montenegrin language translation of the claims will have to be provided.
A sumptuous award ceremony took place last week 23 September in Copenhagen, in partnership with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, for the sixth edition of the DesignEuropa Awards 2025, the well-known competition, organised by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), that celebrates excellence in design among holders of Registered European Union Designs.
Participating in trade fairs and exhibitions offers a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs to grow their business and showcase their innovations. However, disclosing an invention too early during these events can jeopardize its patentability. To be eligible for patent protection, an invention must be novel, inventive, and industrially applicable.
In recent years, the global economic landscape has undergone a quiet yet radical transformation: the focus of investment has shifted from tangible assets – machinery, real estate, infrastructure – to intangible ones such as Research & Development, intellectual property, trade secrets, know-how, software, and databases.
The recent case involving renowned Italian movie and TV series actor Raoul Bova has attracted significant public attention. Bova became the unwitting subject of widespread media exposure following the viral circulation of private messages and audio clips he had sent to a model.
