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On 1 August 2022 the EUIPO will launch a new electronic form for EU trade marks (EUTMs) that will make filing applications more user-friendly and efficient.

This is another step towards enhancing our website’s user experience, taking into consideration the input received from our users.

The new online form is more intuitive, easier to use and has new features, including:

How many times do we hear stories about how an ingenious solution to solve one challenge ends up being a perfect solution for something the inventor had never thought about? This is how South African researcher Amir Patel’s fascination with the speed and maneuverability of the cheetah led him to the health care arena. In devising methods to understand the way cheetah’s move, he has come up with a more affordable and accessible mechanism to support the rehabilitation of patients suffering injury or neurological disease.

By Eleonora Rosati, at April 2022 issue of Alicante News.

In her seminal 1929 essay A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf submitted that, for women to be able to create, they needed financial independence and a private space.

For years, video game development has been one of the fastest growing sectors of the entertainment industry — and it’s safe to say that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed that down. On the contrary, according to Newzoo’s assessment from October 2020, the global games market for 2020 will have generated revenues of USD 174.9 billion, a 19.6 percent increase on 2019 figures. Significantly, this late 2020 assessment is USD15 billion higher than the one made ahead of the pandemic in March.

As a consequence of the economic sanctions imposed by some countries to Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, on March the 6^th the Russian government issued Decree No. 299, authorising the lifting of intellectual property rights. This mechanism allows the expropriation of IP rights, similar to a compulsory licence. 

So much preparation goes into each iteration of the Olympics that host nations often begin this work more than five years before the actual event. Protecting the Intellectual Property (IP) associated with the games is a critically important yet often unsung part of this planning.

From "Squid Game" to Olive Garden, the NFT boom is an orgy of intellectual property infractions.

The most popular show in Netflix history, “Squid Game,” earned an estimated $900 million for the streaming company. And the producers are not stopping there. They are gearing up for even more revenue as they look towards season two and have secured more than two dozen trademarks for the property as they tee up a range of merchandising and licensing deals.

Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. World Intellectual Property 2022 recognizes the huge potential of young people to find new and better solutions that support the transition to a sustainable future.