Following a competitive selection process involving 40 groups of agri-food producers from 13 states across Brazil, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the co-funding and implementing agency of the AL-INVEST Verde IPR project financed by the European Commission, in collaboration with the Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE), and the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) announced the selected produce

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), co-funding and implementing agency of the AL-INVEST Verde IPR project, financed by the European Commission, announced the selection of producer groups from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay to receive specialised mentoring on geographical indications (GIs). The 6-month mentorship programme combines both face-to-face and virtual sessions to optimise the use of GIs as a way to differentiate agri-food products and foster local, regional and sustainable development.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the EU-funded project AL-INVEST Verde IPR, will participate in the “Origens Brasileiras 2024”. The event is organised by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE), a platform which aims to provide the public with a broad understanding of the importance of geographical indications (GIs) for the economy and for small businesses that make products from recognised territories, focusing on tradition, culture and biodiversity.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the EU4IP cooperation project and the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI), in coordination with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, organised a Roundtable Workshop on the Collective Management of Copyrights in the Republic of Moldova.

The virtual webinar on the importance for Brazilian producers to effectively manage intellectual property (IP) rights to reach the EU market is organised by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) through the EU-funded IP cooperation project AL-INVEST Verde IPR, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil, the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) and the National Service for Industrial Learning (SENAI) of the State of São Paulo.

The virtual seminar about intellectual property (IP) management for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is organised by the AL-INVEST Verde IPR project, co-funded and implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and financed by the European Commission, the National Industrial Property Office of Argentina (INPI) and the Argentine Confederation of the Medium-sized Enterprise (CAME).

In light of the 30th anniversary of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the anniversary of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), a joint EUIPO/CPVO conference was organized at the EUIPO premises and online. The conference ’30 years providing incentives for innovation – Celebrating Intellectual Property Together’ aims to support the innovation and growth of the European economy with a particular emphasis on plant variety rights.

This activity facilitates the participation of the Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities in the high-level conference on Geographical indications organised by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in view of discussing, together with Member States and candidate countries, the new landscape on Geographical Indications (GIs) in the EU.

This activity is addressed to support AGEPI in the integration of the EUIPN tool Front Office software package that allows end users from IP Offices to submit electronic applications and other requests related to trade mark and design procedures such as:

• e-filing for trade marks and designs;
• renewals;
• oppositions, cancellations, invalidities, etc.;
• transfer of rights, changes to registered trade mark and designs, licences, withdrawals, etc.;
• other generic electronic requests.

The European Union Intellectual Property Network has created a number of tools to facilitate the trade mark registration workflows with functionality ranging from search or classification to entire front office and back office systems used by EU National and Regional IP offices.