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As an entrepreneur, or a company developing new products, brands or technology innovations, you certainly have lots of questions about intellectual property, both from commercial or legal perspectives. With all these questions you obviously cannot turn to just one expert to have them all answered ...

On 17 November, the Belgian FPS Economy and the European Patent Office, with the support of the European Commission co-organized a conference to celebrate the introduction of the Unitary Patent system in Europe. The long-awaited entry into operation of the Unitary Patent system in spring 2023 will ...

This will be the hot topic during a panel discussion during the seminar 'UP & UPC | The impact on your business' on 29 September. The Sirris Patent Cell and PATLIB Center will be there too and join the discussion.

According to a recent econometric analysis of the use of intellectual property (IP) protection systems in Belgium, IP activity is associated with a 1% to 4% increase in growth in absolute value. Compared to the performance of comparable companies not active through IP, this increase indicates a ...

In the European patent system a great change is occurring : the Unitary Patent package and its related Unified Patent Court will come soon into force. Have you heard about it yet? What will it change for patent applicants?

By adding digital services to a physical product - digital servitisation - you can build a long-term relationship with your customers and create value for your company and for your customers.

Digital servitisation is the enrichment of a physical product with digital services in order to offer more added value to your customers. In other words, you develop a smart product. For example, as a smartwatch manufacturer, you can offer your user a personalised training programme via an app that ...

Technology transfer is the best way to valorise research results when the will or the means are not there to exploit them commercially. Through an overview of concrete cases, the European Patent Office invites us to take a look at the difficulties, but also the strategic means available to achieve a ...

A recent patent application reveals a new authentication solution in the fight against materials counterfeiting, one that combines hyperspectral imaging with machine learning.

Are you protecting the intellectual assets of your business with intellectual property rights? To support you, the pre-diagnostic IP services from the EUIPO SME Fund 'Ideas Powered for Business' stand as an attractive opportunity.