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SACEPO Working Party on Guidelines agrees on public consultation

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191205.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Members of the SACEPO Working Party on Guidelines and the EPO met on 27 November to discuss the annual revision of the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO and the Guidelines for Search... Continue reading
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EPO and INPI Brazil launch technical and strategic partnership

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191126.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The European Patent Office (EPO) and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Reinforced Technical and Strategic Partnership to enhance co-operation between Europe... Continue reading
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EPO signs reinforced partnership agreement with Indonesia

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191122.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos and the head of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) of Indonesia, Freddy Harris, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Reinforced Partnership between their two offices at... Continue reading
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European Patent Office launches new Espacenet, improving access to world’s largest free collection of patent documents

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191119.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. New Espacenet’s state-of-the-art features and enhanced functionality will make it even easier for users to conduct patent searches and access over 110 million patent documents from all over the world free-of-charge.
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EPO underlines the pivotal role of patents for the economy at parliamentary event in Brussels

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191118.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO last week presented two of its studies at an event in the European Parliament hosted by Jörgen Warbon MEP, Vice-President SME Europe of the European People’s Party group.
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EPO and CNIPA enhance comprehensive strategic partnership

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191112.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. EPO President António Campinos and the Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Shen Changyu, agreed to enhance their bilateral co-operation in the framework of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
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“Back to the future”: EPO supports TEDx event

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191111.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. The EPO yesterday participated in TEDxMünchen, an event in which scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders shared insight from their respective areas of expertise.
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Margarita Salas – a pioneer in genetics and molecular biology

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191108.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. Message of condolence from the management and staff members of European Patent Office.
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EPO and LESI hold first conference on the importance of IP to high-growth firms

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191106.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. On 4 and 5 November 2019 the EPO and the Licensing Executives Society International held their first-ever joint conference focussed on the importance of IP to high-growth firms.
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EPO underlines importance of IP protection at Web Summit

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2019/20191106a.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. An EPO delegation including António Campinos, EPO President, Nellie Simon, Vice-President Corporate Services, and several expert examiners took part in Web Summit in Lisbon between 4 and 6 November.