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The EPO has published its 2017 Environmental Report, which presents environmental data and reports on progress the Office achieved in its environmental performance across all EPO locations in Berlin, Munich, The Hague and Vienna.

In accordance with Article 112(1)(b) EPC the President of the European Patent Office has referred a point of law concerning the interpretation of Article 108 EPC to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (case G 1/18).

The EPO this week hosts the fifth edition of the IP Executive Week. The annual event is co-organised with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and brings together delegates from a network of more than 60 IP offices around the world to discuss the latest developments in intellectual property.

Conference participants voice strong support for the Unitary Patent package and are eager to see the start of the new system

With a strong record of 20 years of executive leadership experience in the Intellectual Property field, the Portuguese national was elected President in October 2017 by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, the EPO's legislative body, for a five-year term.

The report provides a comprehensive overview of staff and working conditions at the Office.

EPO President Benoît Battistelli and the Commissioner of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) of South Africa, Rory Voller, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Reinforced Co-operation at the EPO in The Hague on 28 June.

Conçu par les célèbres architectes Ateliers Jean Nouvel (Paris) et Dam & Partners Architecten (Amsterdam), ce bâtiment phare allie architecture contemporaine audacieuse et infrastructures modernes sophistiquées.

The EPO has today published the second edition of its dedicated Quality Report. Compared with the 2016 edition, the report provides more extensive information and details on existing and new measures to deliver high-quality products and services.

The heads of office addressed topics that are deemed to play an increasingly important role in the future of IP5 co-operation and which could have a significant impact on the global patent system, such as the further development of the Global Dossier and the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

EPO President Benoît Battistelli met with Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and CEO of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), in San Francisco to launch a comprehensive bilateral co-operation programme on patents.

The EPO has published a summary of achievements from the extensive modernisation reforms put in place 2010 to 2018.

Les gagnants du Prix de l'inventeur européen 2018 ont été annoncés aujourd'hui par l'OEB lors d'une cérémonie qui s'est tenue à Saint-Germain-en-Laye devant quelque 600 invités issus de la politique, des affaires, du secteur de la propriété intellectuelle et de la recherche.

The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) today honoured EPO President Benoît Battistelli with a special award for his services to intellectual property.

The European Patent Office hosted a conference on gender diversity at its Munich premises to celebrate the Charta der Vielfalt's 6th Diversity Day with its staff.

The EPO has for the seventh consecutive time been ranked number one among the world's five largest patent offices by users for the quality of its patents and services in Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine's latest annual benchmarking survey.

More than 350 representatives of industry, academia, user associations, patent law firms, the judiciary, national patent offices and government bodies gathered in Munich today to discuss the challenges and opportunities of “Patenting Artificial Intelligence” (AI) at the EPO’s first major conference on the topic.

The EPO and the national patent offices of its 38 member states met in Limassol on 24/25 May to discuss how to advance co-operation in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the European patent system, and better serve inventors and industry.

Today the European Union GDPR enters into force with the aim of ensuring a high level of data protection.

Monsieur Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Ministre de l'Industrie, de l'Investissement, du Commerce, et de l'Economie Numérique a reçu le 8 mai 2018, à Rabat, Monsieur Benoît Battistelli, Président de l'Office Européen des Brevets (OEB).