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Alternate realities: geopolitics and IP in 2025
What if the world of patents were defined by diplomatic pressures, suspicion and shifting power centers?
Everyday IP: love, innovation and Intellectual Property
Explore the Intellectual Property (IP) behind the world's favorite (and not-so-favorite) declarations of love, from iconic blue boxes to heart-shaped pasta.
Markets in the driving seat? Revisiting the future of IP
Revisiting the EPO’s 2025 IP predictions to see what came true, what changed and how history unfolded 18 years after their vision of the future.
Effective patent strategies for unicorns
Unicorn companies shape industries, yet their approach to patents is not always clear-cut. Explore why IP strategy matters, regardless of business value.
Legal fiction: the rise of fake representatives and other IP news
Examining Intellectual Property (IP) stories from recent months allows us to gauge what 2025 might have in store.
Patent protection for digital twins
Virtual replicas have become powerful tools for simulating complex systems, but do they count as inventions in and of themselves?
Everyday IP: Travel innovations for winter wanderlust
Grab your warmest jacket and explore the Intellectual Property (IP) behind some of winter travel's shining inventions.
Editor's pick
How are damages calculated in patent infringement cases?
If the worst should happen, an inventor must understand how patent infringement damages are calculated in major legal jurisdictions.
Everyday IP: Brewing the finest booze – beer through the ages
As one of the world's oldest beverages, it is no surprise that beer and its history offer intriguing lessons about innovation and Intellectual Property.
Everyday IP: When were computers invented?
Answering the question: 'When were computers invented?' involves far more than just citing a date — it is bound up in the past, present and future of IP.
What it means to be in Intellectual Property
Working in the Intellectual Property industry takes many forms, requiring professionals with diverse backgrounds and skillsets.
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Patents
Alternate realities: geopolitics and IP in 2025
What if the world of patents were defined by diplomatic pressures, suspicion and shifting power centers?
Markets in the driving seat? Revisiting the future of IP
Revisiting the EPO’s 2025 IP predictions to see what came true, what changed and how history unfolded 18 years after their vision of the future.
Effective patent strategies for unicorns
Unicorn companies shape industries, yet their approach to patents is not always clear-cut. Explore why IP strategy matters, regardless of business value.
Trademarks
Trademarks and global rebranding
Refreshing a corporate image is a high-stakes game; playing it right requires careful consideration of trademarks and other IP rights.
Trademark exhaustion and resale markets
Are there circumstances where trademark owners can object to how their goods are resold? Find out more.
The changing role of trademark counsel
Developments in branding and new regulations are placing a multitude of demands on in-house lawyers.
Industry News
Legal fiction: the rise of fake representatives and other IP news
Examining Intellectual Property (IP) stories from recent months allows us to gauge what 2025 might have in store.
The battle for Iceland and other cool IP news
A country and a supermarket continue their tussle over a trademark. Meanwhile, a study reveals the extent of academic patents in Europe and a publishing house tackles AI.
Double trouble: IP disputes over pals, twins and copies
Japanese video game companies clash over patents, Google comes under fire for trademark infringement and a German court sets AI copyright precedent.
