2026-10-22
Europe's competitiveness depends not only on research, but on turning scientific discoveries into technologies and products that reach the market. Technology transfer offices (TTOs) – specialised units within universities, public research organisations (PROs) and research hospitals – help make this happen by identifying promising inventions, protecting the underlying intellectual property, and connecting researchers with the industry partners and investors.
2026-10-16
The President of the Boards of Appeal has issued a decision permitting oral proceedings before a Board of Appeal to be audio-recorded and the recordings to be transcribed and processed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) for the purpose of preparing the minutes. As before, participants other than EPO employees may not record or transmit oral proceedings in any form.
2026-10-16
The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has informed the United States Patent and Trademark Office that a new dollar amount has been established for the search fee required by the Ministry of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Korea (MOIP) when acting as an International Searching Authority. The new dollar amount of the search fee required by the MOIP will be $867 and will go into effect November 1, 2026.
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