On 8 December 2024, the new design reform package entered into force after almost a decade of preparatory and legislative work.

From today, 1 December, Chinese applicants who designate the European Patent Office (EPO) as their International Search Authority (ISA) are able to pay their search fees through the CNIPA in Renminbi (Chinese Yuan).

The SME Fund offers financial support to SMEs established in the European Union to protect their intellectual property rights.

In this episode, Gary Cox, Principal at Wrays | Intellectual Property, a leading Australian IP firm with over 106 years of history, shares the fascinating journey of expanding an established Perth firm across the vast Australian continent and the strategic decision to join the global Rouse Group with our host, Hanane Fathi Roswall.

On 2 February 2026, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), with the support of the European Commission and national IP offices, officially launched the SME Fund 2026.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Life Science are the top technology fields in the Patent Index 2021 recently published by the European Patent Office.

Germany and Slovenia have both deposited the Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) with the Council of the European Union.

Registration of your company and medical devices in EUDAMED, the EU’s central database for medical devices, will become mandatory from the first half of 2026.

From 1 April 2024, the European Patent Office (EPO) is reducing it's fees for startups and micro-entities.

On 13 August, the UPC Court of Appeal held that a marketing authorisation alone is not enough, but once a health technology assessment (HTA), pricing and reimbursement are completed, imminent infringement may be established. Pharmaceutical companies must therefore monitor regulatory steps closely to act in time.

Every year, more than 3 million patent applications, 15 million trademark applications, and nearly 1.5 million industrial design applications are filed.

In this episode (the first episode of season 2), Wakana Pivoteau Sakihama, artist and founder of Wakanacolors, talks to OPEN ears host Hanane Fathi Roswall about brand design and creating an emotional connection to a brand. They discuss how culture, values, and trust are vital components of a brand and how innovation can be driven by empathy and a desire to help people, thereby creating a strong brand.

In this episode, we are joined by Ludvig Larsen, entrepreneur, author, and the man behind one of Denmark’s leading podcasts, “Ludvigs Podcast”. Ludvig opens up about his journey from owning a stressful marketing agency to finding work-life joy as a solopreneur. We dive into his new book, “Ludvigs Lektioner” (Ludvig’s Lessons), and get unique insight into how he used Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a sparring partner to structure and organise the book.

Leadership advisor Tune Hein shares exclusive insights from his five-year experience as an internal specialist at Novo Nordisk during the launch of Wegovy, one of the pharmaceutical industry's most significant obesity drug introductions. What are the 10 core beliefs that propelled Novo Nordisk to become one of the world's most valuable companies, and how did their unconventional approach to scaling, management, and organizational structure drive their success in the competitive obesity drug market?

How can a patent system designed to promote innovation end up stifling it instead? The CEO of HIMPP reveals how the hearing aid industry is fighting back against patent trolls and overly broad patents that threaten genuine innovation. This conversation explores the complex balance between protecting intellectual property and ensuring that defensive patent strategies don't become barriers to technological progress.

Our first episode of our brand new podcast series Open Ears has been published.

In this episode, Lea Carina Uhd Frederiksen, a journalist who founded Fantombryg, discusses her unconventional path into the beverage industry with our host, Hanane Fathi Roswall.

From 1 January 2021, any UK registrant who cannot meet the eligibility criteria set out by the EU will have his .eu domain names suspended.

Today it is one year since the Unified Patent Court entered into force.

In order to assist our clients and address the issues that arose after the entering into force of Brexit on 1 January 2021, we have written a guideline with the most important conclusions.