Beijing hopes place the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the leading association for establishing global standards for the protection IP.
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Driven to succeed: IP Educators are breaking down barriers for students of all ages
A series of short articles has been published featuring the experience of IP enthusiasts who have been inspired, or driven, to come up with creative
10 Japanese businesses are among the top 16 Artificial Intelligence patent holders, says WIPO report
It is no surprise that IBM and Microsoft are the top two Artificial Intelligence (AI) patent holders, but other businesses have quietly been gathering rights,
‘Fakes’ cost the EU more than 60 billion EUR annually; smaller nations suffer most
Counterfeit goods cost the UK, Italy and Germany the most lost revenue in the EU. However, Romania, Bulgaria and Lithuania are the hardest hit nations
IP markets, patent policy debate and 5G revolution will frontline the 2019 IP Dealmakers Forum
The people behind the 6th annual IP Deal Makers Forum have put together a strong line up of topics, speakers and networking opportunities for this
Lofty Beijing goals and access to unlimited capital shadow US-China trade war & IP
It is not wrong for China, the second largest economy, to strive for leadership in key industries – it is how it plans to get
China’s high school students learn about IP rights; national exam tests them for knowledge
“Knowledge of intellectual property rights is playing a more important and ever-growing part in China’s social development and basic education,” reports China Daily. Intellectual property
‘IP literacy is not just for lawyers’ – education systems in Canada and elsewhere need to step up now
The education system needs to do a better job of fostering literacy associated with creations of the mind, not just for the next generation of
China announces a national center ‘to promote overseas intellectual property dispute settlement’
A national center has been established to offer guidance to Chinese businesses about resolving overseas intellectual property disputes, it was announced yesterday at a press
Value of top brands grew by 8% to $2.33 trillion; bigtech leads; Facebook declines
The 100 top global brands, led by technology companies, are up 8% over last year and are worth a cumulative $2.33 trillion. It’s no surprise
Lack of leadership fuels IP awareness ‘disconnect’ – the high cost of confusion
The IP community, dismayed by poor regard for patents, trademarks and other rights, and confusion over what purpose they serve, have done surprisingly little to
New look ‘IP CloseUp’ makes for easier reading, scrolling
IP CloseUp has been updated with a new WordPress theme that provides more information quicker and more visually. Expect the same great weekly content, data,
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