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.
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
IP Business Congress Global Returns to Chicago, June 14-16; Open Innovation and AI Among Key Topics
The 13th annual IP Business Congress will take place in Chicago June 14th through 16th at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. IPBC 2019 in Boston featured
Surgeon, inventor and philanthropist, Gary Michelson, to keynote the 2020 IP Awareness Summit
An orthopedic surgeon and one of medicine’s most successful inventors, Gary K. Michelson will deliver a keynote at the third Intellectual Property Awareness Summit on
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,
USPTO and EUIPO are focused on improving IP awareness; easier web access a priority
Different approaches to a similar challenge — providing quicker access to information about intellectual property rights to a range of audiences — were recently introduced
China’s Alibaba receives IP crime-fighting award from City of London Police
Alibaba, the largest on-line commerce site, has received a commendation from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, a department of the City of London Police
Dublin’s historic Shelbourne to host IP Business Congress Europe, March 24-25
After a successful 2019 showing in Paris, IAM’s IP Business Congress is being held in Dublin in 2020. The Shelbourne Dublin – where the Irish
Bill establishing a small claims court for copyright holders aces House, 410-6; EFF, others, not pleased
The United States House of Representatives has unanimously passed the CASE Act, which establishes a small claims court for musicians and other copyright owners that
It’s alive! If AI machines can invent should they be able to own patents, too?
Bots have rights, too – or do they? Does an inventor have to be human to receive a patent? IP systems are angsting over how
Counterfeit Goods are a Tool for Terrorism, joint EU report findings show
Most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly “professionalised” organized crime networks and suggest it is being use to support a range of
Improving access for minorities will not fix a ‘broken’ system, say inventors
Responses to the USPTO’s request for written comment on questions about the participation of minority inventors reveal a deep mistrust of the current patent system
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