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Update on Coronavirus

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IP high on the agenda of Croatia’s first EU presidency

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200226.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. A delegation headed by the EPO President attended an international conference on challenges in intellectual property held in Zagreb last week under Croatia’s EU Council presidency.
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Note of solidarity with the people of Germany

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200222.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The management and staff of the European Patent Office express their deepest solidarity with the people of Germany.
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Building bridges through cooperation: EPO and Cambodian Ministry of Industry and Handicraft host first IP conference

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200131.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. This week the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) hosted their first joint IP conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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EPO publishes grounds for its decision to refuse two patent applications naming a machine as inventor

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200128.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has published its decision setting out the reasons for its recent refusal of two European patent applications in which an AI system was designated as the inventor.
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New insights into the patent system: first results from the EPO Academic Research Programme published

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200123.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has published six research reports developed with funding from its Academic Research Programme. The research used patent data to investigate topics such as financing for innovation, knowledge transfer, trade, tracking inventions... Continue reading
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Coordinating our response to AI and emerging technologies: five largest IP offices hold first joint task force meeting

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200117.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The five largest intellectual property offices held the inaugural meeting of their joint Task Force on New Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence this week in Berlin.
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The EPO and representatives from EU Member States call for the speedy implementation of the Unitary Patent package

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2020/20200110.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. António Campinos, President of the EPO, and his team met today with the Chair and members of the executive group of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory Committee, as well as with the... Continue reading
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EPO refuses DABUS patent applications designating a machine inventor

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191220.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO has refused two European patent applications in which a machine was designated as inventor.
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EPO and ARIPO sign agreement on Reinforced Partnership

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191218.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. In an effort to enhance international co-operation in order to strengthen the global patent system, the EPO has signed a Reinforced Partnership agreement with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO).