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♟️ How can licensing help bring early-stage technologies to market?
Join us and @EUeic for practical insights on licensing models, agreements and negotiations, supported by real-life case studies.
📅 28 October
🤝 Join the seminar: bit.ly/3V5SYz6
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🧭 Building an IP strategy? You don’t have to start from scratch.
See how other businesses have approached IP management, worked with specialists and used patent information to support their goals.
Learn from their experience → bit.ly/3S1JMrD
#IPforSMEs
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⚛️ Starting or growing a tech business?
Whether you're seeking investors, exploring new technologies or protecting your inventions, our guide brings together tools and services designed to support startups 👉 bit.ly/3Cs6OTo
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♻️ Bringing clean technologies to market is essential to Europe’s green transition.
Our joint #EPOStudy with @EIB examines cleantech innovation in Europe, including patenting trends and the financing and commercialisation challenges innovators face.
📖 epo.org/trends-cleantech
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⚖️ European patent case law continues to evolve.
Hear about developments in the case law and practice of the EPO Boards of Appeal at the 2026 Case Law Conference.
📌 19–20 November
📋 Register before the deadline: bit.ly/4yLaDLs
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🎻💡 A cello-bow holder sparked a new approach to fastening!
Meet European #InventorAward 2022 finalist Joachim Fiedler in our #InspiringInventors talk.
📅 16 Nov 2026 | 🕙 15:00–16:00 CET
🎤 Moderated by Edward Cooke
🔗 Watch LIVE: bit.ly/3UFFeLu
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🌱 Sustainability is shaping the EPO’s future.
From reducing our environmental impact and supporting society to strengthening governance and financial sustainability, we’re working towards a more sustainable patent organisation, patent system and world: epo.org/sustainability
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🇪🇺 One request, patent protection across up to 18 EU Member States.
The #UnitaryPatent offers a simpler, cost-effective route to broad patent protection, complemented by a centralised framework for dispute settlement.
🎥 Find out more 👇
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💬 Working at the intersection of technology and policy?
Don't miss our forum with @ETSI_STANDARDS on 18 November, exploring standards and Europe's industrial future.
📍 Munich & online | Free
👉 epo.org/standards-patents-fo…
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🎓 Every university has its own context for managing IP.
Explore key issues in developing an IP strategy through case studies, expert presentations and interactive working groups.
🗓️ 10, 12 & 17 November
👥 Be part of the discussion: bit.ly/3TOjwEv
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🇪🇺 What do the latest Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court developments mean for users?
Hear about trends, landmark decisions, PMAC services and early lessons at #EPOUserDay 2026.
Join the discussion: bit.ly/47vCfYI
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How well-equipped is Europe to move research to market?
Our new EPO Observatory study with ASTP and @FraunhoferISI offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of Europe’s technology transfer landscape.
📖 Get the full picture: epo.org/tech-transfer-study
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💶 Applying for a patent? Fee support may be available.
At the EPO, we offer several schemes that allow eligible smaller applicants to benefit from reductions or compensation for certain fees.
🤖 Check using our Fee Assistant: bit.ly/43UtKVK
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🎙️ Patent professionals, this one is for you.
Our podcast, #TalkInnovation: patent professional edition, features episodes for patent attorneys, lawyers, paralegals, patent searchers and other patent professionals.
🎧 Listen in: bit.ly/4lDf03J
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🔴 We’re live! Explore how Europe can strengthen its technology transfer.
Watch our event for EPO Observatory study findings and a discussion with experts from research, technology transfer and policy.
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🧐 Would you like to deepen your knowledge on CII?
The European Patent Academy’s workshop entails learning modules about essential concepts, definitions and exclusions to patentability.
📅 11–18 November | 💻 Online & free
👉 Register here: bit.ly/4i2jUYf
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📈 Access to finance remains a challenge for European technology startups looking to scale.
This #EPOStudy maps Europe’s technology investors and examines funding patterns, from early-stage investment to the scale-up gap.
See what the data shows: epo.org/mapping-investors
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🔐 Patents can be a powerful asset in a technology transfer professional’s toolbox.
Build your knowledge of the patent system, patent tools and how IP is managed, licensed and used in business environments.
📌 12–13 November
👉 bit.ly/4y7W96Y
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The required security patches have now been successfully installed, and all affected websites and portals have been restored.
Website visitors and users can now access these services normally.
We thank you for your understanding while this temporary measure was in place.
Following a CERT-EU security advisory, our website is temporarily offline to apply required security patches. Restoration is expected by 17:00 CEST.
MyEPO, European Patent Register, Espacenet & Jobs remain operational.
We apologise for the inconvenience
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Did you know?
MyEPO APIs enable secure data exchange between your IP management systems and EPO online services, helping reduce manual work and streamline workflows.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/42XalCp
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