Trade marks not only protect business names or logos, but also 📳 a phone ringtone (sound mark) 🤸body movements or poses (motion mark) 🍫 the 3D shape of a chocolate bar (shape mark) You might own more intellectual property than you think - secure it with a trade mark ®️

Executive Director J. Negrão welcomed participants to the 2023 IP Mediation Conference. “As part of our strategy to better serve users’ needs, we'll expand the benefits of ADR to all adversarial proceedings by establishing a Mediation Centre already this year.” #IPmediation2023

The 2024 #DesignEuropa Awards are open for applications/nominations! 4 categories: 🏆Industry 🏆Small Companies & Entrepreneurs 🏆Next Generation Design -🆕 🏆Lifetime Achievement Do you own an outstanding design? Does it make an impact on people's lives? Apply before 15 March

Our message ahead of the festive season: No matter the problem, geographical indications will always save your Christmas Day😉 Our (yummy) suggestions: Turrón de Alicante, Spreewald gherkins, Suska sechlońska… For more, visit GIview: tmdn.org/giview/ Happy Holidays!🎄💫

Super Mario Bros, Pac Man or Lara Croft are examples of fictional characters that evolved into pop culture icons. How does intellectual property protect them? What about protection of avatars in the metaverse? Eleonora Rosati shares her insights in the latest issue of our newsletter.

We are proud to announce the introduction of a new service within our Operations Department that will deal with geographical indications (GIs) and other IP rights. The EUIPO has been involved in the legal aspect of GIs since 2018: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/the-eu… #EUquality

Murano 🇮🇹 is well-known for its centuries-old glassmaking tradition. The first glassmakers kept the technique secret and passed it down through generations. Delve into the story of Murano glass and how it could potentially become a protected geographical indication in the EU.

🏌🏽 The game for the players, IP protection for us. Best of luck to players from Europe and across the world as they tee off at The Masters tournament, the first major golf tournament of the year. Some curiosities about golf and intellectual property 🧵👇

On #WorldBookDay we celebrate the joy of reading Did you know that copyright protects creators? It prevents anyone from copying, reproducing or selling an original work without the owner's consent. And it ensures writers are fairly compensated – through the payment of royalties

Executive Director João Negrão opened the 2024 IP Case Law Conference emphasising the need to work together to ensure a robust IP ecosystem that delivers for innovators around the world. His remarks also focused on IP as a connector between ideas and the market. #IPCLC

#Maythe4th be with... Star Wars, one of the most successful film franchises of all time. And intellectual property has been key to its success: trade marks for character names, patents for space devices, copyrights for scripts & soundtracks... IP is everywhere on #StarWarsDay

How much IP is there in cycling? 🚵‍♀️ The names of famous races (e.g. #GirodItalia) are EU trade marks 🏅Trade marks also protect the names of well-known riders 🎽 Design rights protect the riders' outfits 💡 Many inventions & new technologies related to bicycles are patented

Ahead of Europe Day, we light up our headquarters in blue, the colour of the European flag 🇪🇺. #EuropeDay #9May

Need to explain IP 💡 in plain words? Try our IP Teaching Kit. It covers from trade mark to copyright basics, combining theory with practical examples. In ppt format, with speaker notes & background info to help you deliver your lecture or presentation: euipo.europa.eu/knowledge/cour…

🌱♻️ Sustainability start-ups have a higher usage of trade marks, patents and both combined at different stages of financing. These are the findings of a joint EUIPO/EuropeanPatentOffice study, which show a strong focus on IP protection within the sustainability sector.

We are honoured to have been named the world's most innovative IP office for the fifth time by World Trademark Review. In its analysis, World Trademark Review highlights that “the EUIPO is truly at the cutting edge of what trade mark offices can offer to users.” 🔗 euipo.europa.eu/en/news/euipo-…

“Design has to serve a purpose. It has to serve the society.” Some of the biggest names in the European design industry gathered recently at the EUIPO to select the finalists and winners of the 2024 #DesignEuropa Awards. Stay tuned as we'll announce them shortly!

The EUIPO has achieved its highest-ever customer satisfaction rating with 91 % of respondents expressing satisfaction with our services. The survey measures, amongst others, the degree of satisfaction with our trade mark and design filing system: euipo.europa.eu/en/news/euipo-…

The game for the players ⚽️. IP protection for us ®️. As we head into the #EURO2024 , find here how much intellectual property there is in this major football tournament: instagram.com/p/C8L3OOjs3-I/

Julio Laporta (European Union Intellectual Property Office ): "Celebrar el Día de Europa es parte de un proceso que no se nos debe olvidar, y en Ucrania hay una guerra" cadenaser.com/comunitat-vale…