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The WIPO Awards recognize outstanding startups, SMEs, and university spin-offs that use intellectual property (IP) to promote economic development with a social impact around the world. The WIPO Inventors and Creators Award, launched in 2022, aims to encourage the commercialization...

Technology startups possess significant potential to drive innovation and progress. They also present unique challenges that only investors with expertise in intellectual property are able to effectively address. A new study published by the European Patent Office (EPO) highlights the...

Joint Study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO): Business-Level Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights and Their Stable Economic Performance in the European Union This study examines the economic outcomes of companies that own...

As part of a series of editorials on the business website Epixeiro (https://www.epixeiro.gr/), aimed at informing you about the key concepts of Intellectual Property, we present today the fourth article titled: «Why Should I Register My Trademark?» By the Director of...

Greece Defends Its National Interests Decisively and Effectively in the Commercial Field Following coordinated efforts by the Ministry of Development and the Greek Industrial Property Organisation (OBI), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has decided to cancel the European...

Following the decision of the Assembly of the Hague Union at its 44th session in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organisation on July 9-17, 2024, the implementation of the Hague Act (1960) of the Hague Agreement will be...

We would like to inform you that on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM, the current electronic submission service for Industrial Property Title Applications, hosted on the OBI website (https://efiling.obi.gr/), will be replaced with the new upgraded service...

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a working meeting took place at the headquarters of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) with a delegation from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). The heads of the delegations, Mr. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, General...

"It is an indisputable fact that the launch of the conversational robot ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) by OpenAI in November 2022 sparked intense interest in creative Artificial Intelligence (AI), with many describing it as the equivalent of the iPhone...

Television content represents half of all digital piracy, with viewers tuning into illegal TV content 5 times a month. A new EUIPO study revealed the significant demand for pirated TV programs across Europe, with an increase in traffic to websites...