06/07/2017
Situation Report on Counterfeiting and Piracy in the European Union Published
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published the report titled “2017 Situation Report on Counterfeiting and Piracy in the European Union”.
The report is available at the following link.
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06/07/2017
The Study on Mapping the Real Routes of Trade in Fake Goods Published
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published the study titled “Mapping the Real Routes of Trade in Fake Goods“.
The study is available at the following link.
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14/06/2017
The Roundtable Discussion on Patenting Procedures Relating to Biotechnology Held in Zagreb on 13 June
The roundtable discussion titled Patenting Procedures Relating to Biotechnology, intended for representatives of industry and entrepreneurship, scientific-research and supporting organisations for transfer of technology and patent attorneys, was held on 13 June co-organised by and with participation of patent experts from the SIPO and the EPO.
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14/06/2017
The Action “Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy” held in Šibenik, on 9 June 2017
The fifteenth action “Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy” in a row, intended to raise public awareness of negative social consequences of counterfeiting and piracy and of the enforcement system of intellectual property rights, was held on 9 June 2017 in Šibenik on Trg Republike Hrvatske.
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07/06/2017
World Anti-Counterfeiting Day - 7 June 2017
The World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, established by the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Network (GACG), has been created in order to raise awareness of the damages caused by counterfeiting. This year, the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day is marked on 7 June.
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06/06/2017
The Study on Derivative Use of Public Domain Content – Film Industry Focus
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights at the EUIPO published a new study originally titled “Derivative Use of Public Domain Content - Film Industry Focus“.
The study, including the executive summary in Croatian, is available at the following link.
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02/06/2017
Intellectual Property Day for Children and Youth Held
The first Intellectual Property Day for Children and Youth in a row was held under the motto “Be Creative•Be Innovative•BE a Giant/BUDI DIV” on 30 May in the Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb.
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09/05/2017
Survey on Supplementary Protection Certificates
The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition is currently conducting a study on Supplementary Protection Certificates in the European Union on behalf of the European Commission.
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28/04/2017
“Innovation for a Better Life” - Prize Competition for Primary and Secondary School Children
The State Intellectual Property Office and the Coordination for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization invite primary and secondary school children to participate in a prize competition for the best literary work, video work, composition, fine art work or cartoon on the theme of: “Innovation for a Better Life”. The competition is open until 30 November 2017.
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27/03/2017
The Study on “European Citizens and Intellectual Property – Perception, Awareness and Behaviour”
The study titled “European Citizens and Intellectual property – Perception, Awareness and Behaviour” conducted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) during 2016 represents a follow-up to the earlier research carried out in 2013 providing comparative findings in relation to the ones of the first study.
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13/03/2017
A Visit of the Delegation of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal to the Office and the Seminar on Procedures of the Boards of Appeal
On 9 March 2017, a three-member delegation of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal led by Mr. Théophile Margellos, the President of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal, paid a working visit to the State Intellectual Property Office within the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) project.
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10/03/2017
Private Costs of Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published the study providing an insight into the data on costs borne by companies in the European Union for combating infringements of intellectual property rights, originally titled: Private Costs of Enforcement of IPR.
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03/03/2017
The Study of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights on Counterfeit Smartphones Published
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights at the EUIPO published the eleventh study in the series of economic studies dealing with the impact of the infringement of intellectual property rights in individual industrial sectors in the European Union, originally titled: “The Economic Cost of IPR Infringement in the Smartphones Sector”.
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14/02/2017
The Study of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights on Counterfeit Pesticides Published
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights at the EUIPO published the tenth study in the series of economic studies dealing with the impact of the infringement of intellectual property rights in individual industrial sectors in the European Union, originally titled: “The Economic Cost of IPR Infringement in the Pesticides Sector”.
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18/01/2017
EUROPOL’s New Campaign on the Risks of Online Buying of Counterfeit Products
EUROPOL published a new campaign on its internet pages warning customers of potential risks from buying counterfeit products via the Internet, titled Don´t Fake Up.
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