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This year’s World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report has been issued by WIPO recently. The report reveals “growth” in global intellectual property filings with 3,4 million patent applications, 13,9 million trademark applications and 1,5 million industrial design applications in total in 2021. According to the report, China is the leading country in all 3 major…
The Global Innovation Index (GII) is an annual report published by WIPO since 2007. The report has been prepared in partnership with many institutes around the world (which also includes the Turkish Exporters Assembly “TİM”). The main purpose of the Global Innovation Index (GII) is to rank 132 economies of the world according to their…
The 2022 edition of the Intellectual Property and Youth Scoreboard -which was released by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in June- is a survey about the behaviors of EU youth (aged 15 to 24) regarding IPR infringement. The survey analysis 2 main trends of IP infringement: Physical goods: “EU youth purchasing counterfeit goods”…
According to recent news, EU Commission has proposed a new regulation for the protection of handicraft and industrial products associated with their regions under Geographical Indications (GI) framework of EU. The current EU geographical indication system successfully protects agricultural products, food and wine-spirit drinks. The aim of this new proposal for regulation is to broaden…
According to WIPO’s recent announcement, this year’s theme of World Intellectual Property Day is “IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future”. First, a brief info about World IP Day: World IP Day event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to offer a unique opportunity to consider the importance of…
A joint EUIPO-OECD study which was published in October 2021 analysis the scale of the worldwide e-commerce and the trade of counterfeit goods in EU region. E-commerce has been expanding rapidly in recent years especially by the engagement of B2C type businesses in online sales of goods. According to the study, the rise of B2C…
WIPO has recently released its annual report on World Intellectual Property figures. The report is named as WIPI (World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021) and it shows that the trademark, patent and industrial design filing activities grew during 2020, despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. According to the WIPI report, global trademark filing activity rose by 13,7%,…
Recently WIPO announced some amendments to the regulations under the Madrid Protocol (Madrid System of International Trademarks). These amendments have entered into force on November 1, 2021. I would like to summarize the most important parts of these amendments. Changes in the procedure of appointment of representative Applicants and new holders (transferees) can continue to…
A patent application for “a food container based on fractal geometry” was accepted by South Africa Patent Office on June 24. The interesting aspect of this ordinary news is that the inventor of the mentioned patent application is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system called as “DABUS”. The name “DABUS” stands for “device for the autonomous…
According to WIPO’s Madrid System yearly review about 2020, international trademark applications filed via the Madrid System slightly decreased by 0.6% in 2020. The reason of this decrease – as you may guess – is the ongoing pandemic. (As a side note; you can read my previous article about International IP Index 2021: Global intellectual…